Banded Spiny Bass (Asia Pacific)

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.

This diminutive beauty is covered in striking high contrast colors and has a charming personality. Warm coffee color covers its sides and even darker stripes add another layer. Its fins are painted bright ruby, with each fin ray being dark black. A dark mask covers its eyes next to a stripe of stark white. A black blotch covers its shoulders and another at the end of its dorsal fin. This longfin basslet may be shy when first introduced but with time will spend more time out in the open. It is peaceful and invertebrate safe, except for very small shrimp and crabs, and should not be kept with aggressive tank mates. The Banded Spiny basslet grows to 2 inches.