Blackwedged butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula)

Blackwedged butterflyfish (Chaetodon falcula)

Out of stock

300,00 EGP

Facts

Latin name Chaetodon falcula – Bloch, 1795
Local name Blackwedged butterflyfish
Family Chaetodontidae – Chaetodon
Origin East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia
Max length 20 cm (7,9″)

As aquarium fish

Minimum volume 400 l (106 gal) 
Hardiness Hardy 
Suitable for aquarium Suitable with care 
Reef safe Not reef safe 
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

Out of stock

Description

Beware of

Can nibble at clams

This species sometimes nibbles at clams including Tridacna species.

Eats tubeworms
This species likes to eat tubeworms.

 

Keep in mind

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

Requires plenty of space for swimming.
This species revels in swimming and requires an aquarium with ample space.
Hiding places
This species requires places to hide, especially when newly introduced into 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.

Eats glass anemones (Aiptasia)

This species eats glass anemones (Aiptasia).

But occasionally one finds an individual fish which refuses to eat them.

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Size

S, M, L

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