Freckle Face TangAcanthurus maculiceps Care: Intermediate Diet: Algivorous Light: Medium Place of origin: Indian Ocean Temperature: Tropical: 22 28 deg C (72 82 deg F) Water Parameters: SG: 1. 020 1. 025, pH: 8. 1 8. 4 Freckle Face Tang Widespread Indo West Pacific. Shallow, often exposed coastal to outer reef flats. Usually in schools of mixed similar species when grazing algae. Adults easily identified by the numerous pale spots over the head and the yellow tipped

inspecting surfaces and searching for food

Goldrim Tangs appreciate strong water movement

Records from elsewhere are not this

Sphaeramia nematoptera

and long-term nutrition should include both meaty marine foods and vegetable/algae matter

The Torpedo Goby

which is normal behaviour

It inhabits coral reefs in areas with sand at depths from 5 to 60m

from the Andaman Sea through parts of Southeast Asia to southern Japan

In the wild it ranges widely across the Indo-Pacific

elegant and usually easier to feed than many more specialist butterflyfish

brineshrimp and other meaty marine foods