Gardiners butterflyfish

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FAMILY - Chactodontidae

SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Gardineri

COMMON NAME - Gardiner's Butterflyfish

SIZE - 6.6" (17 cm)

RANGE - Arabian Peninsula to Sri Lanka

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

FOODS AND FEEDING - Algae, stony corals, benthic invertebrates

AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6

REEF COMPATIBILITY - Only with soft corals that are the more noxious with caution

CAPTIVE CARE - Keep only one per tank, feed at least 2 times a day, requires a good growth of algae to browse on throughout the day, feed a variety of carnivore and herbivore marine preparations and frozen foods. Keep water temperature at 74-82 F (23-28 C). Once acclimated reported to be fairly hardy, usually not available in north America.

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