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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
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