Chalk bass
Serranus tortugarum
A social bass; the group hovers together and drops low when startled.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 7.5 cm
- Smallest tank
- 120 cm
- Temperature
- 22–26 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Moderate
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 3 or more
- Coral
- Nips corals
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres37 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres81 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres150 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Clownfish
- Green chromis
- Sixline wrasse
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Royal gramma
- Flame angelfish
- Lyretail anthias
- Yellow tang
- Blue tang
- Swissguard basslet
- Banggai cardinalfish
- Pajama cardinalfish
- Percula clownfish
- Cherub angelfish
- Carpenter's flasher wrasse
- Purple firefish
- Court jester goby
- Flame hawkfish
- Falco hawkfish
- Scooter dragonet
- Bartlett's anthias
- Yellowstriped cardinalfish
- Pink skunk clownfish
- and 64 more species
Not together
- Blue damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Domino damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Maroon clownfishAggressive with peaceful
- Purple tangAggressive with peaceful
- Powder blue tangAggressive with peaceful
- Lunare wrasseAggressive with peaceful
- Picasso triggerfishAggressive with peaceful
- Emperor angelfishAggressive with peaceful
- Queen angelfishAggressive with peaceful
Same familyBasslets, dottybacks and anthias
- Royal grammaGramma loreto
- Lyretail anthiasPseudanthias squamipinnis
- Blackcap bassletGramma melacara
- Bartlett's anthiasPseudanthias bartlettorum
- Dispar anthiasPseudanthias dispar
- Squarespot anthiasPseudanthias pleurotaenia
- Orchid dottybackPseudochromis fridmani
- Neon dottybackPseudochromis aldabraensis
- Swissguard bassletLiopropoma rubre