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Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus)

Price range: 800,00 EGP through 1500,00 EGP

Variation	Status	Price
Small	Out of Stock	800,00 EGP
Medium	In Stock	1000,00 EGP
Large	Out of Stock	1500,00 EGP

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SKU 2563 Categories Butterfly, Fishs, Live Stock Tags Chaetodontidae, Chelmon, Often reef safe

Fish Description

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) ? "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	Delicate ? "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	Experience, preparation and extra care required ? 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	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

الوصف

Beware of

Eats tubeworms
This species likes to eat tubeworms.

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

Difficult to keep alive in aquaria
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
This species must be fed with an appropriately varied diet.

Live food
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
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.

Can coexist as a pair
They can live as a pair provided they are introduced simultaneously.

Docile
This species is very shy and docile, so one should be careful when keeping it with more aggressive fish.

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

Refuses to eat at first
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	Small, Medium, Large

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