Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
375,00 EGP
Facts
Latin name | Chaetodon auriga – Forsskål, 1775 |
Local name | Threadfin butterflyfish |
Family | Chaetodontidae – Chaetodon |
Origin | East Indian Ocean, West Indian Ocean, Australia, Japan, The Red Sea, Indonesia, East Pacific, Central/West Pacific |
Max length | 23 cm (9,1″) |
As aquarium fish
Minimum volume | 500 l (132 gal) |
Hardiness | Hardy |
Suitable for aquarium | Suitable with care |
Reef safe | Not reef safe |
Aggressiveness | Might be aggressive towards similar 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 | Soft coral |
Maybee | Large polyp stone coral (LPS) Parasites |
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Description
Description
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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 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. |
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. |
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. |
Initially shy |
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This species can be very shy when first introduced into a new aquarium. More aggressive fish can be introduced after this species has acclimatized. |
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 pod |
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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. |
Can coexist with its own species |
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Several specimen of this species can coexist in the same aquarium, provided they are introduced simultaneously. |
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. |
Initially shy |
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This species can be very shy when first introduced into a new aquarium. More aggressive fish can be introduced after this species has acclimatized. |
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Additional information
Size | S, M, L |
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