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Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish / Chaetodon lunulatus
SCIENTIFIC NAME –Chaetodon lunulatus
COMMON NAME – Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish
SIZE – 4.7" (12 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE – 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING– The Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish has a specialized diet of coral polyps, feeding primarily on stony corals. It is often reluctant to accept substitutions in captivity, but may be enticed with vitamin enriched live brine shrimp, clam on the half shell, and mashed squid or shrimp on a bleached stony skeleton. Once feeding, offer crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores. Should be fed at least 3 times per day.
REEFCOMPATIBILITY – No. Obligatory corallivores; will eat stony corals, gastropod eggs, and sea anemones.
CAPTIVE CARE –The Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish is difficult to acclimate to captivity and if attempted, must be done when the fish is young (Reports exist of success with this fish in captivity from larvaecollected). This species can be kept singly or as a pair, but will stake out a large territory and may become aggressive toward competitors for food and members of its own species.
SCIENTIFIC NAME –Chaetodon lunulatus
COMMON NAME – Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish
SIZE – 4.7" (12 cm)
MIN. AQUARIUM SIZE – 55 US Gal. (208 L)
FOODS AND FEEDING– The Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish has a specialized diet of coral polyps, feeding primarily on stony corals. It is often reluctant to accept substitutions in captivity, but may be enticed with vitamin enriched live brine shrimp, clam on the half shell, and mashed squid or shrimp on a bleached stony skeleton. Once feeding, offer crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp, and frozen preparations for carnivores. Should be fed at least 3 times per day.
REEFCOMPATIBILITY – No. Obligatory corallivores; will eat stony corals, gastropod eggs, and sea anemones.
CAPTIVE CARE –The Pacific Pinstriped Butterflyfish is difficult to acclimate to captivity and if attempted, must be done when the fish is young (Reports exist of success with this fish in captivity from larvaecollected). This species can be kept singly or as a pair, but will stake out a large territory and may become aggressive toward competitors for food and members of its own species.
