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Blackback Butterfly
| Latin Name | Chaetodon melannotus | ||||||
| Common Name | Blackback Butterfly | ||||||
| Also known as | Melannotus Butterfly | ||||||
| Fast Facts | AVAILABILITY NOTE This fish is never plentiful and sells fast. Be sure to order early, for shipping on Mondays. This tends to be one of the hardier butterflyfish species. It should be kept with peaceful tankmates and provide it a varied diet. Like any butterfly, if it is picked on initially or feels a threat from tankmates, it may refuse to feed. Medium sized individuals usually acclimate more readily than larger fish. It may quarrel with other chaetodontids (especially those with similar color patterns), but usually ignores other fish species. Provide it with a varied diet. It can be employed to clean live rock of glass anemones, however, it will also feed on some of the more desirable invertebrates living on the rock, like fan worms. |
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| Sizes | Around 2"-3" |
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| Range in Nature | Indo-Pacific | ||||||
| Minimum Aquarium Size | 55 | ||||||
| Diet and Feeding | In nature it feeds mainly on soft corals, but it may nip at other sessile invertebrates in the reef tank. | ||||||
| Ease of Care(5=easy, 1=difficult) |  |
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| Reef Aquarium Compatibility | Not recommended. In nature it feeds mainly on soft corals, but it may nip at other sessile invertebrates in the reef tank. | ||||||
| Related Fish | Auriga Butterfly- Hawaii, Black Velvet Angelfish, Blue Line Angel, Blue Spotted Angelfish, Burgess Butterfly, Conspicillatus Angel, Declevis Butterfly, Easter Island Buterfly, Falcula Butterfly: False, Fremblii Bluestripe Butterfly, Japanese Golden Butterfly, Japanese Masked Butterfly, Klein's Butterfly, Lattice Butterfly, Lemon Butterfly, Litus Butterfly, Mertensi Butterfly, Mesoleucos Butterfly, Mitratus Butterfly, Nippon Butterfly, Pakistani Butterfly, Pearlscale Butterfly, Pearlscale Butterfly: RED SEA, Pelewensis Butterfly, Personifer Angel, Personifer Angel Male, Punctato Butterfly, Raccoon Butterflyfish, Rainfordi Butterfly AUSTRALIA, Red Sea Raccoon Butterfly, Saddleback Butterfly, Scribbled Angel, Scribbled Angel- Male, Semilarvatus Butterfly Red Sea, Singapore Angel, Teardrop Butterfly, Tinker's Butterfly, True Falcula Butterfly, Vagabond Butterfly, More Butterflyfish | ||||||
| Availability | Available, perhaps twice monthly, but only a few at a time. Ship on Mondys, because they're usually sold out by Tuesday. |
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Availability is not guaranteed and is subject to change without notice. Note: Because these are living animals, and not made in a factory, actual specimens will vary and will not look identical to the image provided. Sizes stated are approximate.
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