Longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus)
1500,00 EGP – 1750,00 EGP
Facts
| Latin name | Forcipiger flavissimus – Jordan & McGregor, 1898 |
| Local name | Longnose butterfly fish |
| Family | Chaetodontidae – Forcipiger |
| Origin | East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Australia, Japan, The Red Sea, Indonesia, East Pacific, Central/West Pacific |
| Max length | 22 cm (8,7″) |
As aquarium fish
| Minimum volume | 400 l (106 gal) |
| Hardiness | Average |
| Suitable for aquarium | Suitable with care |
| Reef safe | Often reef safe |
| Aggressiveness | Mostly peaceful 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 |
- Description
- Additional information
- Reviews (0)
Description
Description
Beware of
| Can nibble at clams |
|---|
|
This species sometimes nibbles at clams including Tridacna species. |
| Eats tubeworms |
|---|
| This species likes to eat tubeworms. |
Keep in mind
| Requires a varied diet |
|---|
| This species must be fed with an appropriately varied diet. |
| 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. |
| Thrive best on their own |
|---|
| These fish flourish better without other members of the same species in 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. |
| 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. |
| Initially shy |
|---|
|
This species can be very shy when first introduced into a new aquarium. More aggressive fish can be introduced after this species has acclimatized. |
| Eats glass anemones (Aiptasia) |
|---|
|
This species eats glass anemones (Aiptasia). But occasionally one finds an individual fish which refuses to eat them. |
Additional information
Additional information
| Size | S, M, L |
|---|
Reviews (0)
Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.