FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME- Forcipiger Flavissimus
COMMON NAME - Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish (Forceps Fish)
SIZE - 8.7" (22cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty Foods, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations. Feed min. 3 times a day
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - With caution. Keep well fed, mostly will ignore corals, however, some individuals will feed on stony and soft coral polyps, tubeworms, and nip at sea urchin tube feet.
CAPTIVE CARE - Acclimates and feeds well. Keep in a peaceful community, once acclimated can be housed with moderately aggressive tankmates that are introduced after it is settled in. Keep only one per tank.
SCIENTIFIC NAME- Forcipiger Flavissimus
COMMON NAME - Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish (Forceps Fish)
SIZE - 8.7" (22cm)
RANGE - Indo Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty Foods, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations. Feed min. 3 times a day
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 8
REEF COMPATIBILITY - With caution. Keep well fed, mostly will ignore corals, however, some individuals will feed on stony and soft coral polyps, tubeworms, and nip at sea urchin tube feet.
CAPTIVE CARE - Acclimates and feeds well. Keep in a peaceful community, once acclimated can be housed with moderately aggressive tankmates that are introduced after it is settled in. Keep only one per tank.
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