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Orbicular Batfish
Platax orbicularis
The Dead-Leaf Giant (20 inches tall and long). The juveniles brilliantly mimic dead floating mangrove leaves. The adults look like massive silver dinner plates.
- Family
- Ephippidae
- Origin
- Indo-Pacifico
- Tank use
- Used in 0 tanks
Temperature
24 °C - 28 °C
pH
8.1 - 8.4
Water type
Freshwater
Tank level
All levels
Adult size
50 cm
Care and observations
The Growth Explosion Trap: Sold to beginners as cute 2-inch 'leaves', they rapidly balloon into 20-inch behemoths that require 300+ gallon public aquariums. They will eat smaller fish and coral once fully grown.
Fish profile
- Tank level
- All levels
- Adult size
- 50 cm
- GH
- 15 dGH - 25 dGH
- KH
- n/a
- TDS
- n/a
- Conductivity
- n/a
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