Tattler Bass (Atlantic)

Bass and Basslets make wonderful peaceful community fish and are also coral safe. We recommend an aquarium of at least 30 gallons for Basslets which grow to 3 Inches, and at least 50 for larger species and groups of multiple individuals. There are no differences between males and females. Basslets feel most secure when there is plenty of live rock to hide in, as well as open space for swimming.

They are typically easy to feed on a variety of frozen meaty foods, and may learn to take dry foods in time. Diet should include plenty of high quality meaty items, marine algae, Spirulina, and Mysis shrimp. It is preferable to feed more than once a day.

The beautiful Tattler bass is an incredible beauty from deep water. Because of the great depths in which it lives it is rarely collected. No other basslet has patterns quite like this lovely fish. It is a creamy white with dark rusty markings. A wide band loops around its middle, and another extends from each eye. From its waist band extends a horizontal stripe reaching to its tail, with several more bands crossing through it. Its fins shimmer blue when the light hits them just right. It has a large head which tapers down to its thin tail and flares out again with its caudal fin. It is normally peaceful with other fish, however because of its large size it may bully small fish or other fish with similar body styles and habits, as well as shrimp and small crabs and bivalves. The Tattler bass grows to 8 inches and comes from the Caribbean.