Red Firefish - Nemateleotris magnifica Cardinals Christmas Favia generally does well

Christmas Favia generally does well under moderate reef lighting

Newly imported specimens should be observed carefully to ensure they are feeding

coral pieces or reef structure

but the enclosure should be designed around the species’ full adult size and highly active swimming behaviour

Red Firefish - Nemateleotris magnifica Cardinals Christmas Favia generally does wellRed Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica) The Red Firefish is a graceful, vividly coloured dartfish with a pale front half that fades into fiery orange red towards the rear, finished with a long, pennant like dorsal fin. In the wild it inhabits outer reef slopes and hovers above the substrate facing into the current while feeding on zooplankton. It is peaceful, elegant and very well suited to reef aquaria, but it can be shy when first introduced and is