Strawberry Pygmy Basslet

Pictichromis porphyrea
Care: Beginner
Diet: Carnivorous
Light: Medium
Place of origin: Western Pacific
Temperature: Tropical: 22-28 deg C (72-82 deg F)
Water Parameters: SG: 1.020-1.025, pH: 8.1-8.4

Strawberry Pygmy Basslet, Pictichromis porphyrea, is a fish from the western Pacific. It can be found from the Philippines to Samoa, extending north to the Ryukyu Islands and south to the Moluccas and Admiralty Islands. This species are very colourful, rather hardy and relatively small, typically under 10 cm