Care guide at a glance
Naso elegans
Description
A large surgeonfish in olive and yellow with a bright orange-yellow snout that gives it the lipstick name. Handsome, peaceful, and enormous at maturity.
Feeding
Primarily herbivorous. Dried marine algae sheets offered daily, plus spirulina-based foods and some frozen meaty food.
Compatibility
Reef safe and generally peaceful for a tang, though territorial with other Naso. Needs open swimming length rather than volume alone.
Behaviour and personality
Cruises constantly and powerfully. Males develop trailing tail filaments and a more pronounced facial profile with age.
Before you buy
This is the critical point: it reaches 40 cm or more and needs a very large tank with genuine swimming length. It is routinely sold at 8 cm to people who cannot house the adult. Daily algae feeding is essential.
Livestock Delivery
DX courier delivery is £29.95 per livestock order.
Free delivery when your livestock subtotal is over £350.
Delivery is scheduled for your selected delivery date and typically arrives before 1pm.
There is no minimum order value.
Additional information:
- In-stock livestock orders will be processed and dispatched for delivery on the date selected on the cart/basket page.
- Available delivery days are Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday.
- If any stock issues affect your chosen delivery date, we will contact you as soon as possible by email or telephone.
- Shipping for dry goods is charged separately from livestock delivery and does not count towards the £350 free delivery threshold. Dry goods are dispatched according to our standard delivery policy.