FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Semelon
COMMON NAME - Dotted Butterflyfish
SIZE - 9.9" (25.5 cm)
RANGE - Maldives, Tuamotus, Ryukyus, Great Barrier Reef
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 100 US Gal. (379 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Fresh chopped seafoods, frozen brine shrimp, reluctant individuals live brine shrimp, live black worms.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - No, will damage or eat hard and soft coral polyps, zoanthids, anemones, ascidians,polycaete worms.
CAPTIVE CARE - House in a peaceful community tank, provide several hiding places. Keep only one per tank, displays subdued coloration majority of the time, 72-81 F (22-27 C), this species is a noncoraline invertebrate feeder in the wild.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Semelon
COMMON NAME - Dotted Butterflyfish
SIZE - 9.9" (25.5 cm)
RANGE - Maldives, Tuamotus, Ryukyus, Great Barrier Reef
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 100 US Gal. (379 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Fresh chopped seafoods, frozen brine shrimp, reluctant individuals live brine shrimp, live black worms.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - No, will damage or eat hard and soft coral polyps, zoanthids, anemones, ascidians,polycaete worms.
CAPTIVE CARE - House in a peaceful community tank, provide several hiding places. Keep only one per tank, displays subdued coloration majority of the time, 72-81 F (22-27 C), this species is a noncoraline invertebrate feeder in the wild.
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