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Longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus)

– نطاق السعر: من ⁦1500,00 EGP⁩ خلال ⁦1750,00 EGP⁩

Variation	Status	Price
Small	Out of Stock	1500,00 EGP
Medium	Out of Stock	1750,00 EGP
Large	Out of Stock	1750,00 EGP

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SKU 2570 فئات Butterfly, Fishs, Live Stock Tags Chaetodontidae, Forcipiger, Often reef safe

Fish Description

Facts

Latin Name	Forcipiger flavissimus - Jordan & McGregor, 1898
Local Name	Longnose butterfly fish
Family	Chaetodontidae - Forcipiger
Origin	East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Australia, Japan, The Red Sea, Indonesia, East Pacific, Central/West Pacific
Max length	22 cm (8,7")

As Aquarium Fish

Minimum volume	400 l (106 gal) ? "Minimum volume" indicates the size of the tank needed to house this species under optimal conditions. This is based on a medium size animal, which you want to keep for several years. It might be possible to keep smaller specimens for a limited period in a smaller tank. A larger tank might be needed for fully-grown specimens.
Hardiness	Average ? "Hardiness" indicates how resistant this species is to disease and how well i tolerates bad conditions in general. Some species doesn't handle transportation very well, but that doesn't mean that the species isn't hardy under the right conditions.
Suitable for Aquarium	Suitable with care ? In this case, a "normal" aquarium is a reef aquarium with mixed corals or a fish only aquarium with an approximately salinity of 1.026 (sg) and a temperature close to 26°C. Species requiring more than a 4000-liter tank are considered not suitable for home aquarium. Special aquariums may cover tanks with low salinity, sub-tropical temperature, deep sand bed, sea grass etc.
Reef safe	Often reef safe ? Always reef safe: No sources indicate that this species will harm corals or other invertebrates. Often reef safe: Only a few aquarists has reported problems keeping this species with corals and other invertebrates. Reef safe with caution: This species may be a threat to some types of invertebrates. Reef safe with luck: Most specimens will harm corals and/or other invertebrates, but you might be lucky. Not reef safe: This species is a threat to most corals and/or other invertebrates.
Aggressiveness	Mostly peaceful but might be aggressive towards similar species

Feed

Recommended	Larger crustaceans (Shrimp, crabs...) Other invertebrates Small crustaceans (Krill, mysis, artemia...) Zooplankton (Cyclops, pods...)
Mostly	Large polyp stone coral (LPS) Soft coral

Description

Beware of

Eats tubeworms
This species likes to eat tubeworms.

Can nibble at clams
This species sometimes nibbles at clams including Tridacna species.

Keep in mind

Requires a varied diet
This species must be fed with an appropriately varied diet.

Thrive best on their own
These fish flourish better without other members of the same species in the aquarium.

Well established aquarium with pods
This species thrives best when there is a sufficiently large amount of micro life (copepods, amphipods or similar) in the aquarium, so that the it can always find their own food.

Frequent feeding
This fish requires feeding several times a day, especially when newly added. When the fish can find its natural food in the aquarium it requires less frequent feeding.

Fastidious feeder
These fish eat exceptionally slowly and can be very selective feeders. It can therefore be problematic to provide it with a sufficient and varied diet, in an aquarium with other, faster feeding species.

Eats glass anemones (Aiptasia)
This species eats glass anemones (Aiptasia). But occasionally one finds an individual fish which refuses to eat them.

Initially shy
This species can be very shy when first introduced into a new aquarium. More aggressive fish can be introduced after this species has acclimatized.

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Additional information

Size	Small, Medium, Large

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