Surgeonfish, Angelfish, and Butterflyfish
Trifasciata Butterflyfish
Chaetodon trifasciatus
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature24–27 °C
- pH8.1–8.4
- Minimum tank300 l
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★★★★★
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterMarine
- Reef safeNo
Full profile
- Family
- Chaetodontidae
- Origin
- Indian Ocean
- Size
- 15 cm
- Temperature
- 24 – 27°C
- pH
- 8.1 – 8.4
- Salinity
- 1.023 – 1.025
- Difficulty
- ★★★★★
- Water type
- marine
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1
- Minimum aquarium size
- 300 L
- Diet
- Strictly coral-eating (only coral polyps)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
- Reef Safe
- ❌ No
Notes: Feeds exclusively on coral polyps; in an aquarium, it almost always starves to death. Purchasing this species is not recommended.
