Falcula butterflyfish

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Reef enthusiast
FAMILY - Chactodontidae

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Falcula

COMMON NAME - Facula Butterflyfish (Saddleback Butterflyfish)

SIZE - 7.8" (20 cm)

RANGE - Indian Ocean

MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)

FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty foods, marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, krill, frozen preparations, feed min. 2 times a day.

AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6

REEF COMPATIBILITY - Smaller individuals up to 3.1" (8 cm) can be kept in a reef aquarium with soft corals (become more destructive with age and size), will pick at stony corals, anemones, and mushroom anemones.

CAPTIVE CARE - Relatively durable in the aquarium, once acclimated will actively compete for food, some specimens may not feed on normal aquarium fare, problem feeders can be offered inexpensive anemones to pick at. (Resmbles the C. Ulietensis)

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