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Meyers Butterflyfish / Chaetodon meyeri
SCIENTIFIC NAME –Chaetodon meyeri
COMMON NAME - Meyers Butterflyfish
SIZE – 7" (18 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE – 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING– The Meyers Butterflyfish has a specialized diet of coral polyps, feeding primarily on Acropora. It is often reluctant to accept substitutes in captivity, but may consume vitamin enriched live brine shrimp, clam, or mashed squid and shrimp on a bleached stony coral skeleton. Once feeding, offer crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores. Should be fed a minimum of 3 times per day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY – Obligatory corallivores, will eat stony corals.
CAPTIVE CARE –The Meyers Butterflyfish is difficult to acclimate to captivity (Best attempted when the fish is young) and care should be taken to ensure that the specimen is eating prior to purchase. Can be kept singly or as a pair, but will stake out a large territory and may be aggressive towards competitors for food or members of its own species.
SCIENTIFIC NAME –Chaetodon meyeri
COMMON NAME - Meyers Butterflyfish
SIZE – 7" (18 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE – 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING– The Meyers Butterflyfish has a specialized diet of coral polyps, feeding primarily on Acropora. It is often reluctant to accept substitutes in captivity, but may consume vitamin enriched live brine shrimp, clam, or mashed squid and shrimp on a bleached stony coral skeleton. Once feeding, offer crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores. Should be fed a minimum of 3 times per day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY – Obligatory corallivores, will eat stony corals.
CAPTIVE CARE –The Meyers Butterflyfish is difficult to acclimate to captivity (Best attempted when the fish is young) and care should be taken to ensure that the specimen is eating prior to purchase. Can be kept singly or as a pair, but will stake out a large territory and may be aggressive towards competitors for food or members of its own species.
