Saltwater Fish
Orange-spined Unicornfish.
A striking tang — sleek grey with bright orange spines and lips, and a yellow-edged face. Reef-safe and an active grazer, but it gets big and needs serious swimming room; give it a 180-gallon-plus tank with open water and rock to graze.
Live fish are priced per supplier batch — prices may vary. Call to confirm current pricing.
- Condition
- new
- Fulfillment
- Local pickup — Erie, PA
Every animal is acclimated and health-checked in-house before it reaches the sales floor. This is a species we carry — it's most likely in the tanks around delivery days, but live stock changes daily. Please call (814) 456-9445 to confirm availability before you drive in.
Care at a glance
What to know before you take one home.
- Care level
- Intermediate
- Temperament
- Semi aggressive
- Community
- Semi community
- Adult size
- 18"
- Min tank size
- 180 gallons
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Scientific name
- Naso lituratus
Good tank mates
A large, semi-aggressive tang best kept with other sturdy fish like big angels, larger wrasses, triggers, and groupers that can hold their own. It tends to be territorial toward other tangs and surgeonfish, especially others of its own kind or similar shape, so house only one per tank unless the system is very large. It is reef-safe with corals but its sheer adult size means it needs a big tank, not a small reef.
Good to know
Instead of a single forehead horn like some unicornfish, this species defends itself with a pair of fixed, bright orange bony blades on each side of its tail base.
Stock and individual temperament vary — call (814) 456-9445 for pairing advice before you buy.
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660 East 14th Street,
Erie, PA.
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