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Eightbanded Butterflyfish / Chaetodon octofasciatus
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chaetodon octofasciatus
COMMON NAME: Eightbanded Butterflyfish
SIZE: 4.7†(12 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE: 55 US Gal (208 L)
FOODS & FEEDING: The Eightbanded Butterflyfish has a specialized diet of stony corals and sessile invertebrates, but may accept substitutes in captivity such as vitamin enriched live brine shrimp, clam, or mashed squid or shrimp on a bleached stony coral skeleton. Once feeding, this fish should be offered crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores. Should be fed at least 3 times per day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY: No. Obligate corallivore that will eat stony corals.
CAPTIVE CARE: Make sure the fish is eating prior to purchase. Acclimation of this fish to captivity is difficult and if attempted, must be done when the fish is young. The Eightbanded Butterflyfish may be kept singly or as a pair, but will stake out a large area for its territory and may be aggressive towards other food competitors or members of its own species. Liverock populated with sessile invertebrates will help acclimate this species to captivity.
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Chaetodon octofasciatus
COMMON NAME: Eightbanded Butterflyfish
SIZE: 4.7†(12 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE: 55 US Gal (208 L)
FOODS & FEEDING: The Eightbanded Butterflyfish has a specialized diet of stony corals and sessile invertebrates, but may accept substitutes in captivity such as vitamin enriched live brine shrimp, clam, or mashed squid or shrimp on a bleached stony coral skeleton. Once feeding, this fish should be offered crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores. Should be fed at least 3 times per day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY: No. Obligate corallivore that will eat stony corals.
CAPTIVE CARE: Make sure the fish is eating prior to purchase. Acclimation of this fish to captivity is difficult and if attempted, must be done when the fish is young. The Eightbanded Butterflyfish may be kept singly or as a pair, but will stake out a large area for its territory and may be aggressive towards other food competitors or members of its own species. Liverock populated with sessile invertebrates will help acclimate this species to captivity.
