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About Dot-and-Dash Butterflyfish
Small, disc-shaped butterflyfish with a pale yellow or cream body marked with distinctive black dots and dashes (short lines) arranged in neat rows across the body and fins. The face has a characteristic black eye-band, and the dorsal and anal fins display the same dot-and-dash patterning, making this species easily recognizable among butterflyfish.
Key facts
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
- Diet
- omnivore
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 75 gallon tank with abundant live rock and established coral growth • Temperature range 72–82°F; maintain stable salinity 1.020–1.025 and pH 8.1–8.3 • Feed a varied omnivorous diet of high-quality flake food, small frozen foods (mysis shrimp, brine shrimp), and occasional vegetable matter; feed 2–3 times daily • Provide plenty of hiding places and established feeding stations; acclimate slowly over several hours • May nip at stony corals and clams; best kept in established systems with dense coral growth for grazing
- Appearance
- Small, disc-shaped butterflyfish with a pale yellow or cream body marked with distinctive black dots and dashes (short lines) arranged in neat rows across the body and fins. The face has a characteristic black eye-band, and the dorsal and anal fins display the same dot-and-dash patterning, making this species easily recognizable among butterflyfish.
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-82°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Max Size
- 5.5
- Common Health Issues
- Ich (white spot disease), marine velvet, parasitic infections, nutritional deficiencies if diet lacks variety
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Care Level
- Moderate
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