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Rainfords Butterflyfish / Chaetodon rainfordi
SCIENTIFIC NAME –Chaetodon rainfordi
COMMON NAME – Rainfords Butterflyfish
SIZE – 5.9" (15 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE – 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING – The Rainfords Butterflyfish has a specialized diet of coral and algae. May be enticed to eat vitamin enriched live brine shrimp, clam on the half shell, mashed squid or shrimp on a bleached stony coral skeleton, and marine herbivore fare. Once feeding, offer crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores & herbivores. Should be fed a minimum of 3 times per day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY – Obligate corallivores; will eat corals.
CAPTIVE CARE – The Rainfords Butterflyfish is difficult to acclimate to captivity and is best attempted when the fish is young. Care should be taken to ensure the specimen is eating prior to purchase. This species can be kept singly, as a pair, or in small groups, but they will stake out a large territory and may be aggressive toward competitors for food and members of its own species. This fish is not hermaphroditic and acclimates best in the presence of live rock, coral, and sessile invertebrates.
SCIENTIFIC NAME –Chaetodon rainfordi
COMMON NAME – Rainfords Butterflyfish
SIZE – 5.9" (15 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE – 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING – The Rainfords Butterflyfish has a specialized diet of coral and algae. May be enticed to eat vitamin enriched live brine shrimp, clam on the half shell, mashed squid or shrimp on a bleached stony coral skeleton, and marine herbivore fare. Once feeding, offer crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores & herbivores. Should be fed a minimum of 3 times per day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY – Obligate corallivores; will eat corals.
CAPTIVE CARE – The Rainfords Butterflyfish is difficult to acclimate to captivity and is best attempted when the fish is young. Care should be taken to ensure the specimen is eating prior to purchase. This species can be kept singly, as a pair, or in small groups, but they will stake out a large territory and may be aggressive toward competitors for food and members of its own species. This fish is not hermaphroditic and acclimates best in the presence of live rock, coral, and sessile invertebrates.
