FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Xanthurus
COMMON NAME - Yellowtail Butterflyfish (Crowned Pearlscaled Butterflyfish)
SIZE - 5.5" (14 cm)
RANGE - Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Marine fish chopped in small pieces, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen marine preparations, varied diet. Feed min. 3 times a day
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Can be kept in reef aquaiurm with the more noxious soft corals.
CAPTIVE CARE - Will accept a wide range of foods, water quality and peaceful tankmates a must for proper acclimation, more than one can be kept in a suitably sized tank, can be kept with other butterflyfish, aggression normally is with fish of similar shape and color. Care and feeding requirements same as C. Mertensii, Redback Butterflyfish.
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Xanthurus
COMMON NAME - Yellowtail Butterflyfish (Crowned Pearlscaled Butterflyfish)
SIZE - 5.5" (14 cm)
RANGE - Western Pacific
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Marine fish chopped in small pieces, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen marine preparations, varied diet. Feed min. 3 times a day
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Can be kept in reef aquaiurm with the more noxious soft corals.
CAPTIVE CARE - Will accept a wide range of foods, water quality and peaceful tankmates a must for proper acclimation, more than one can be kept in a suitably sized tank, can be kept with other butterflyfish, aggression normally is with fish of similar shape and color. Care and feeding requirements same as C. Mertensii, Redback Butterflyfish.
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