FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Ocellatus
COMMON NAME - Spotfin Butterflyfish
SIZE - 7.8" (20 cm)
RANGE - Bermuda, Brazil, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 100 US Gal. (379 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Polychaete, Fan, Spaghetti worms, eggs, hard and soft coral polyps, crustaceans
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Not Suitable due to its diet
CAPTIVE CARE - Can keep more than one if introduced at the same time. Live food may be needed to create a feeding response until acclimated (live brine, mysid shrimp, live black worms). Once acclimated provide a varied diet chopped fresh seafoods, frozen marine preparations for carnivores. 72-81 F (22-27 C), do not house with aggressive food competitors until acclimated, may be aggressive to tankmates of same species, color, shape or food competitors.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Ocellatus
COMMON NAME - Spotfin Butterflyfish
SIZE - 7.8" (20 cm)
RANGE - Bermuda, Brazil, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, Nova Scotia, Massachusetts
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 100 US Gal. (379 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Polychaete, Fan, Spaghetti worms, eggs, hard and soft coral polyps, crustaceans
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Not Suitable due to its diet
CAPTIVE CARE - Can keep more than one if introduced at the same time. Live food may be needed to create a feeding response until acclimated (live brine, mysid shrimp, live black worms). Once acclimated provide a varied diet chopped fresh seafoods, frozen marine preparations for carnivores. 72-81 F (22-27 C), do not house with aggressive food competitors until acclimated, may be aggressive to tankmates of same species, color, shape or food competitors.
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