Eightband butterflyfish (Chaetodon octofasciatus)
500,00 EGP – 700,00 EGP
Facts
| Latin name | Chaetodon octofasciatus – Bloch, 1787 |
| Local name | Eightband butterflyfish |
| Family | Chaetodontidae – Chaetodon |
| Origin | East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Australia, Indonesia, Central/West Pacific |
| Max length | 12 cm (4,7″) |
As aquarium fish
| Minimum volume | 500 l (132 gal) |
| Hardiness | Average |
| Suitable for aquarium | Not suitable for home aquarium |
| Reef safe | Not reef safe |
| Aggressiveness | 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 |
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| This species is hard to keep alive and thriving. |
| Can be aggresive |
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| This species is not neccessarily aggresive, but it has a greater tendency towards aggresion then other species of the same genus. |
| Feeding problems |
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These fish normally eat for the most part, coral polyps, therefore problems can arise in captivity when trying to give it an alternative food. It is therefore essential to be well prepared before acquiring them and have several suitable food types ready to present them with. It may mean having to keep living corals, mussels and zooplankton as food, in order to keep these fish alive whilst they are getting accustomed to alternative types of food. |
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. |
| Requires plenty of space for swimming. |
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| This species revels in swimming and requires an aquarium with ample space. |
| Hiding places |
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| This species requires places to hide, especially when newly introduced into the aquarium. |
| 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. |
| Acclimitises best as a juvenile |
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This species will better acclimatize to the aquarium`s condition if introduced, when young. Very small individuals can be very delicate. |
| 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. |
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Additional information
| Size | S, M, L |
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