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About Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish
The Pacific Double-Saddle Butterflyfish exhibits a distinctive pale yellow to cream body with two prominent dark saddle-like markings crossing the dorsal region—one anterior and one posterior—giving it the "double-saddle" common name. The face is pale with a dark eye-bar, and the dorsal and anal fins are outlined in black, with blue or yellow accents.
Key facts
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Diet Details
- In captivity, feed frozen mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and finely chopped marine flesh or prepared marine flake foods. Butterflyfish in the Chaetodon genus naturally feed on small invertebrates, zooplankton, and occasionally coral polyps and algae. Offer food 2–3 times daily in smaller portions.
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 75 gallon tank • Requires stable water conditions: 72–78 °F, pH 8.1–8.3, salinity 1.020–1.025 sg • Feed a varied diet of high-quality frozen mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and finely chopped marine flesh 2–3 times daily • Provide ample live rock for grazing and cover; somewhat shy by nature • Can be aggressive toward conspecifics and similar butterflyfish; keep singly
- Temperament
- Semi Aggressive
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Diet
- omnivore
- Common Health Issues
- Marine ich, Fin rot, Swim bladder disorder, Bacterial infections, Fungal diseases
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including the Central and South Pacific from the Marshall Islands south to Fiji and the Society Islands (including Tahitian waters, from which the species epithet "ulietensis" derives).
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
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