Exquisite Purple Firefish Goby

Exquisite Purple Firefish GobyNemateleotris decora The purple firefish is a member of the family Microdesmidae, which are often referred to as firefishes or dartfishes. It is a hardy fish that readily acclimates to the home aquarium. It is the most aggressive of the firefish species. It will ignore its tankmates, with the possible exception of other firefish species. It may be picked on by more pugnacious fish. Firefish can jump from open tanks.

It is extremely hardy

and it has a white to yellow tail

The diet should be supplemented with live feeder shrimp

Feed large meaty items

Supplement their diet with frozen or live mysis shrimp

They reach a maximum of 6"

Its taste for inverts makes it unsuitable for a reef tank

Very rarely available

Watanabei angels make ideal additions to your reef tank

they are not well suited to a reef tank

They make spectacular additions to your reef tank

It can be kept with other members of the genus and more than one individual can even be kept in a larger tank