Lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus)

Lined butterflyfish (Chaetodon lineolatus)

Out of stock

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

Beware of

Can nibble at clams

This species sometimes nibbles at clams including Tridacna species.

Eats tubeworms
This species likes to eat tubeworms.
Can be a threat to anemones
This species likes eating anemones.
Can be aggresive
This species is not neccessarily aggresive, but it has a greater tendency towards aggresion then other species of the same genus.
Feeding problems

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.
However well prepared, there will be a large percentage, that will die after a short time in captivity.

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
This species must be fed with an appropriately varied diet.
Acclimitises best as a juvenile

This species will better acclimatize to the aquarium`s condition if introduced, when young.

Very small individuals can be very delicate.

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.
Thrive best on their own
These fish flourish better without other members of the same species in the aquarium.
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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