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About Yellow Teardrop Butterflyfish
The Yellow Teardrop Butterflyfish displays a predominantly yellow body with a distinctive dark teardrop-shaped marking below the eye. It has the characteristic compressed, disk-like body shape typical of butterflyfish, with a continuous dorsal fin and a yellow coloration that may intensify on the head and body.
Key facts
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Max Size
- 5.5
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including the Red Sea, East Africa, and extending eastward through Indonesia and the Philippines to the Great Barrier Reef and Pacific islands.
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Yellow Teardrop Butterflyfish requires standard marine aquarium maintenance and intermediate fish keeping skills.
- Diet
- omnivore
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Temperament
- Semi Aggressive
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 75 gallon tank • Maintain temperature between 72–78°F • Keep salinity at 1.020–1.025 SG • Provide varied diet of mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, and high-quality flake foods; may pick at corals and anemones • Offer plenty of rockwork and hiding spaces for security • May be territorial; monitor for aggression toward conspecifics and other butterflyfish
- Diet Details
- Feed a varied diet including mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, copepods, and quality marine flakes. Butterflyfish are known to nibble on corals and anemones, so monitor feeding behavior and supplement with meaty foods to reduce this tendency.
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