FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Auriga
COMMON NAME - Threadfin Butterflyfish (Auriga Butterflyfish)
SIZE - 9" (23 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations. Feed min. 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - No. Diet includes variety of corals and invertebrates.
CAPTIVE CARE - Will accept a wide variety of aquarium foods, varied diet is a must, one of the more aggressive member of the family, add last, if more than one is to be kept add at the same time (in larger tanks only). Not suitable for a reef tank, will consume Aiptasia spp, glass anemones, fanworms, as well as other invertebrates living on the rock, will chase members of the same family and fish of similar color patterns.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Auriga
COMMON NAME - Threadfin Butterflyfish (Auriga Butterflyfish)
SIZE - 9" (23 cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations. Feed min. 3 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - No. Diet includes variety of corals and invertebrates.
CAPTIVE CARE - Will accept a wide variety of aquarium foods, varied diet is a must, one of the more aggressive member of the family, add last, if more than one is to be kept add at the same time (in larger tanks only). Not suitable for a reef tank, will consume Aiptasia spp, glass anemones, fanworms, as well as other invertebrates living on the rock, will chase members of the same family and fish of similar color patterns.
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