Lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus)
300,00 EGP
Facts
Latin name | Chaetodon lineolatus – Cuvier, 1831 |
Local name | Lined butterflyfish |
Family | Chaetodontidae – Chaetodon |
Origin | East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Australia, The Red Sea, Indonesia, East Pacific, Central/West Pacific |
Max length | 30 cm (11,8″) |
As aquarium fish
Minimum volume | 700 l (185 gal) |
Hardiness | Average |
Suitable for aquarium | Suitable with care |
Reef safe | Not reef safe |
Aggressiveness | Might be aggressive towards other species |
Feed
Recommended | Larger crustaceans (Shrimp, crabs…) Macroalgea (Eg. seaweed / nori) Microalgea (Eg. spirulina) 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. |
Can be a threat to anemones |
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This species likes eating anemones. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Thrive best on their own |
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These fish flourish better without other members of the same species in the aquarium. |
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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