Purple firefish
Nemateleotris decora
Shyer than the firefish, hovering low over rubble to pick plankton.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 7 cm
- Smallest tank
- 60 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litres8 of them
- Standard90 cm · 180 litres22 of them
- 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
- Green chromis
- Royal gramma
- Clownfish
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Flame angelfish
- Lyretail anthias
- Yellow tang
- Blue tang
- Percula clownfish
- Cherub angelfish
- Carpenter's flasher wrasse
- Court jester goby
- Falco hawkfish
- Scooter dragonet
- Orchid dottyback
- Swissguard basslet
- Chalk bass
- Banggai cardinalfish
- Pajama cardinalfish
- Yellowstriped cardinalfish
- Yellowtail damselfish
- Azure damselfish
- Tailspot blenny
- and 63 more species
Not together
- Sixline wrasseThese two do not get along
- 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
- Volitans lionfishThese two do not get along
Same familyGobies
- Yellow watchman gobyCryptocentrus cinctus
- Fire gobyNemateleotris magnifica
- Neon gobyElacatinus oceanops
- Green clown gobyGobiodon histrio
- Yasha gobyStonogobiops yasha
- High-fin shrimpgobyStonogobiops nematodes
- Randall's shrimpgobyAmblyeleotris randalli
- Diamond watchman gobyValenciennea puellaris
- Court jester gobyKoumansetta rainfordi
- Engineer gobyPholidichthys leucotaenia