FAMILY - Chactodontidae
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Falcula
COMMON NAME - Facula Butterflyfish (Saddleback Butterflyfish)
SIZE - 7.8" (20 cm)
RANGE - Indian Ocean
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty foods, marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, krill, frozen preparations, feed min. 2 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Smaller individuals up to 3.1" (8 cm) can be kept in a reef aquarium with soft corals (become more destructive with age and size), will pick at stony corals, anemones, and mushroom anemones.
CAPTIVE CARE - Relatively durable in the aquarium, once acclimated will actively compete for food, some specimens may not feed on normal aquarium fare, problem feeders can be offered inexpensive anemones to pick at. (Resmbles the C. Ulietensis)
SCIENTIFIC NAME - Chaetodon Falcula
COMMON NAME - Facula Butterflyfish (Saddleback Butterflyfish)
SIZE - 7.8" (20 cm)
RANGE - Indian Ocean
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE - 75 US Gal. (284 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING - Meaty foods, marine fish, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, krill, frozen preparations, feed min. 2 times a day.
AQUARIUM SUITABILITY - 6
REEF COMPATIBILITY - Smaller individuals up to 3.1" (8 cm) can be kept in a reef aquarium with soft corals (become more destructive with age and size), will pick at stony corals, anemones, and mushroom anemones.
CAPTIVE CARE - Relatively durable in the aquarium, once acclimated will actively compete for food, some specimens may not feed on normal aquarium fare, problem feeders can be offered inexpensive anemones to pick at. (Resmbles the C. Ulietensis)
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