FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Striatus
COMMON NAME - Banded Butterflyfish
SIZE - 6.2" (16 cm)
RANGE - Bermuda, Northern Gulf of Mexico, south to Brazil, east to St. Pauls Rockds in the Eastern atlantic
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Fanworms, Christmas tree worms, spaghetti worms, hard coral polyps zoanthids, stony coral gametes, polychaete tentacles. Varied diet of chopped fresh seafoods, marine fare for conivores and herbivores. Feed min 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Not recommended due to special diet. Ok with the more noxious corals with caution.
CAPTIVE CARE - Does well in the home aquarium if acclimated properly and begins feeding, will pick at hard and soft corals, provide several hiding places, can keep more than one in larger tanks.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Striatus
COMMON NAME - Banded Butterflyfish
SIZE - 6.2" (16 cm)
RANGE - Bermuda, Northern Gulf of Mexico, south to Brazil, east to St. Pauls Rockds in the Eastern atlantic
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Fanworms, Christmas tree worms, spaghetti worms, hard coral polyps zoanthids, stony coral gametes, polychaete tentacles. Varied diet of chopped fresh seafoods, marine fare for conivores and herbivores. Feed min 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Not recommended due to special diet. Ok with the more noxious corals with caution.
CAPTIVE CARE - Does well in the home aquarium if acclimated properly and begins feeding, will pick at hard and soft corals, provide several hiding places, can keep more than one in larger tanks.
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