FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Burgessi
COMMON NAME - Burgess' Butterflyfish
SIZE - 5.5" (14 cm)
RANGE - Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet, marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations. Feed min. 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will pick on large polyped corals, tubeworms, aiptasia spp. anemones.
CAPTIVE CARE - Can be kept with mushroom anemones and some soft corals (Litophyton spp., Cladiella spp.) and small polyped stony corals with caution. Durable deep water species, acclimates well to captivity, will feed on a variety of captive fare (flake foods), varied enriched diet, not aggressive to other fish, more than one can be housed in same tank, best housed in a dimly lit tank.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Burgessi
COMMON NAME - Burgess' Butterflyfish
SIZE - 5.5" (14 cm)
RANGE - Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Varied diet, marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations. Feed min. 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Will pick on large polyped corals, tubeworms, aiptasia spp. anemones.
CAPTIVE CARE - Can be kept with mushroom anemones and some soft corals (Litophyton spp., Cladiella spp.) and small polyped stony corals with caution. Durable deep water species, acclimates well to captivity, will feed on a variety of captive fare (flake foods), varied enriched diet, not aggressive to other fish, more than one can be housed in same tank, best housed in a dimly lit tank.
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