Threadfin Butterflyfish

Chaetodon auriga

The Polyp Vacuum (9 inches / 23 cm). A stunning, highly active fish that will mercilessly graze on SPS and LPS corals until nothing but white skeleton remains.

Family: Chaetodontidae
Origin: Indo-Pacifico
Tank use: Used in 0 tanks

Temperature

24 °C - 28 °C

8.1 - 8.4

Water type

Freshwater

Tank level

All levels

Adult size

23 cm

Care and observations

The SPS Demolition: Their snout is evolutionarily designed to pluck the delicate flesh of live corals directly from their calcium skeletons. They will methodically strip a $100 Acropora frag down to the bone in an afternoon. Strictly for Fish-Only systems.

Fish profile

Tank level: All levels
Adult size: 23 cm
GH: 15 dGH - 25 dGH
KH: n/a
TDS: n/a
Conductivity: n/a

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