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Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)
800,00 EGP – 950,00 EGP
Facts
| Latin name | Chelmon rostratus – (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Local name | Copperband Butterflyfish |
| Family | Chaetodontidae – Chelmon |
| Origin | West Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia |
| Max length | 20 cm (7,9″) |
As aquarium fish
| Minimum volume | 1000 l (264 gal) |
| Hardiness | Delicate |
| Suitable for aquarium | Experience, preparation and extra care required |
| Reef safe | Often reef safe |
| Aggressiveness | Docile 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 |
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Description
Description
Beware of
| Can nibble at clams |
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This species sometimes nibbles at clams including Tridacna species. |
| Eats tubeworms |
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| This species likes to eat tubeworms. |
| Difficult to keep alive in aquaria |
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These fish can, after several months suddenly die of unknown causes in the same aquarium, where it previously thrived. It seems that a large fish tank, with plenty of micro life is best, in order to keep these fish alive. |
Keep in mind
| Requires a varied diet |
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| This species must be fed with an appropriately varied diet. |
| Frequent feeding |
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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. |
| Live food |
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| There is a greater chance of success with this species if one can supply a living feed to allow it to adapt to the tank. |
| Well established aquarium with pods |
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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. |
| Fastidious feeder |
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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. |
| Can coexist as a pair |
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| They can live as a pair provided they are introduced simultaneously. |
| Docile |
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| This species is very shy and docile, so one should be careful when keeping it with more aggressive fish. |
| Eats glass anemones (Aiptasia) |
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This species eats glass anemones (Aiptasia). But occasionally one finds an individual fish which refuses to eat them. |
| Refuses to eat at first |
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| This species can refuse to eat when newly introduced. Normally however, they begin to eat within about a week, but it’s advantageous if they can find their own food in the aquarium. |
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Additional information
| Size | S, M, L |
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