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About Blueblotch Butterflyfish
The Blueblotch Butterflyfish displays a yellow body with distinctive blue patches or blotches, particularly visible on the gill covers and along the flanks. It has the characteristic compressed, disc-like body shape typical of butterflyflies, with small mouth and continuous dorsal fin.
Key facts
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 75 gallon tank • Temperature range: 72–78°F • Salinity range: 1.020–1.025 SG • Feed a varied diet of high-quality frozen mysis shrimp, small crustaceans, and quality flaked foods 2–3 times daily • Provide plenty of live rock for shelter and natural food sources; they pick at small crustaceans and may nip at coral polyps • Keep singly or in established pairs only; highly territorial with their own species
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Temperament
- Semi Aggressive
- Appearance
- The Blueblotch Butterflyfish displays a yellow body with distinctive blue patches or blotches, particularly visible on the gill covers and along the flanks. It has the characteristic compressed, disc-like body shape typical of butterflyflies, with small mouth and continuous dorsal fin.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Diet
- omnivore
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, ranging from East Africa and the Red Sea through Indonesia and the Philippines to the western Pacific, including waters around Australia and the Great Barrier Reef.
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