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About Mueller's Coralfish
Mueller's Coralfish is a small, compressed butterflyfish with a distinctive black and white banded body pattern. The head and front body are predominantly yellow-orange with black vertical bars, while the rear body transitions to white with black striping. A prominent black eye-stripe and yellow facial markings are characteristic of this species.
Key facts
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 75-gallon aquarium with stable conditions • Water parameters: pH 8.1–8.3, salinity 1.023–1.025, temp 74–78°F • Strong water flow (moderate-to-high) to replicate reef conditions • Live rock and coral rubble for grazing; select hardy soft/LPS corals • Feed small frozen foods (copepods, mysis shrimp) 2–3 times daily
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Care Level
- Hard
- Diet
- corallivore
- Difficulty Level
- Mueller's Coralfish is challenging for most hobbyists due to its specialized corallivorous diet and feeding behavior. It requires a mature, well-established reef aquarium with abundant live coral polyps and can be destructive to stony and soft corals, making it unsuitable for coral-focused systems.
- Diet Details
- Mueller's Coralfish is primarily a corallivore and zooplankton feeder in the wild. In captivity, offer varied meaty foods including small frozen copepods, amphipods, mysis shrimp, and finely chopped seafood, supplemented with small pieces of coral food preparations. Feed 2–3 times daily in small portions.
- Reef safety
- Not Reef Safe
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.02-1.025
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Max Size
- 5.5
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