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Rosy Butterflyfish / Chaetodon aculeatus
SCIENTIFIC NAME –Chaetodon aculeatus
COMMON NAME – Rosy Butterflyfish
SIZE – 3.9" (10 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE – 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING – The Rosy Butterflyfish consumes a variety of meaty foods, marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations. Should be fed a minimum of 3 times per day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY – Eats feather dusters, nips at large polyped stony corals & gorgonians. May not adapt to intense reef lighting.
CAPTIVE CARE – The Rosy Butterflyfish will adapt to captivity if the lighting is not too intense, and will consume most aquarium foods. Only one should be kept per tank, and is peaceful with species other than Butterflyfish. This species prefers a deep water reef tank with plenty of hiding spaces and adequate swimming room in the upper and lower areas of the tank.
SCIENTIFIC NAME –Chaetodon aculeatus
COMMON NAME – Rosy Butterflyfish
SIZE – 3.9" (10 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE – 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING – The Rosy Butterflyfish consumes a variety of meaty foods, marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations. Should be fed a minimum of 3 times per day.
REEF COMPATIBILITY – Eats feather dusters, nips at large polyped stony corals & gorgonians. May not adapt to intense reef lighting.
CAPTIVE CARE – The Rosy Butterflyfish will adapt to captivity if the lighting is not too intense, and will consume most aquarium foods. Only one should be kept per tank, and is peaceful with species other than Butterflyfish. This species prefers a deep water reef tank with plenty of hiding spaces and adequate swimming room in the upper and lower areas of the tank.
