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Auriga Butterflyfish (Chaetodon auriga)
Auriga Butterflyfish
Chaetodon auriga
| COMMON NAME: |
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Auriga Butterflyfish |
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| SCIENTIFIC NAME: |
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Chaetodon auriga |
| SIZE AVAILABLE: |
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~2 inches |
| MINIMUM TANK SIZE: |
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50 gallons |
| FOOD/DIET: |
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Omnivore |
| CARE LEVEL: |
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Moderately easy |
| REEF SAFE: |
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No. Will nip at rocks and corals |
| AVAILABILITY: |
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Most always available - 99% |
- Also known as Threadfin Butterflyfish.
- Not suitable for a reef tank.
- This fish will eat a wide variety of soft and stony corals and desirable invertebrates.
- The fish does very well in live rock aquascaped aquariums and, although it is a species that can be used for cleaning up Aiptasia anemones, it will also eat other forms of wanted live rock invertebrates, such as fanworms or tubeworms.
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