Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)

Threadfin butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)

Out of stock

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

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 aggresive
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
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. 

Eats glass anemones (Aiptasia)

This species eats glass anemones (Aiptasia).

But occasionally one finds an individual fish which refuses to eat them.

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.

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 pod
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
Several specimen of this species can coexist in the same aquarium, provided they are introduced simultaneously.
Eats glass anemones (Aiptasia)

This species eats glass anemones (Aiptasia).

But occasionally one finds an individual fish which refuses to eat them.

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.

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