[B]FAMILY [/B]- Chactodontidae [B]SCIENTIFIC NAME[/B]- Forcipiger Flavissimus [B]COMMON NAME [/B]- Yellow Longnose Butterflyfish (Forceps Fish) [B]SIZE [/B]- 8.7" (22cm) [B]RANGE [/B]- Indo Pacific [B]MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE [/B]- 75 US Gal. (284 L) [B]FOODS AND FEEDING [/B]- Meaty Foods, crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, frozen preparations. Feed min. 3 times a day [B]AQUARIUM SUITABILITY [/B]- 8 [B]REEF COMPATIBILITY [/B]- With caution. Keep well fed, mostly will ignore corals, however, some individuals will feed on stony and soft coral polyps, tubeworms, and nip at sea urchin tube feet. [B]CAPTIVE CARE [/B]- Acclimates and feeds well. Keep in a peaceful community, once acclimated can be housed with moderately aggressive tankmates that are introduced after it is settled in. Keep only one per tank. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]20722[/ATTACH][/CENTER]
