Where to buy Eight-banded Butterflyfish
ReefDock searches the following reef retailers for this fish. Click through to see the live price.
- Search Saltwaterfish
Saltwaterfish
Search this retailer
- Search Amazon
Amazon
Search this retailer
- Search Petco
Petco
Search this retailer
About Eight-banded Butterflyfish
The Eight-banded Butterflyfish has a distinctive white or pale yellow body with eight bold dark vertical bands that encircle the body. It features a small mouth suited for picking food from crevices and a black mask-like marking across the eye. The dorsal and anal fins are yellow with dark banding, while the tail fin is primarily yellow.
Key facts
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region from Indonesia and the Philippines throughout Southeast Asia and westward to the Indian Ocean. Found primarily in coral reef environments at depths of 5–50 meters.
- Diet Details
- Feed a varied diet of high-quality marine flakes, small pellets, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and finely chopped marine vegetation. Offer foods multiple times daily in small portions to mimic natural grazing behavior.
- Max Size
- 5.5
- Common Health Issues
- Ich (white spot disease), marine velvet, fin rot, loss of appetite in captivity
- Diet
- omnivore
- Appearance
- The Eight-banded Butterflyfish has a distinctive white or pale yellow body with eight bold dark vertical bands that encircle the body. It features a small mouth suited for picking food from crevices and a black mask-like marking across the eye. The dorsal and anal fins are yellow with dark banding, while the tail fin is primarily yellow.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-82°F pH: 8-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
Looking for a hobbyist seller?
ReefDock's marketplace lets reef-keepers sell fish directly to other reef-keepers with Stripe-secured checkout and live-arrival photo confirmation. Browse current fish listings on ReefDock, or list your own.
Verify the source tank before you buy
ReefDock is the sister app to Reef Trak. Sellers who maintain a Reef Trak tank log can publish source-tank parameters on eligible fish listings — so you can see the conditions a fish was raised in before you buy. Log this fish on Reef Trak.