brushytoothed butterflyfish
hemitaurichthys polylepis
brushytoothed butterflyfish
hemitaurichthys polylepis
Easy The Brushytoothed Butterflyfish is easy to care for. This fish doesn't take pleasure in swimming in smaller aquariums, it needs at least 750 liter to feel good. Keep your salinity within 1.022-1.027 (at 25°C) and temperature between 23-28°C. The Brushytoothed Butterflyfish likes to eat artemia, big frozen food, phytoplankton, plankton and zooplankton.
No corals for the Brushytoothed Butterflyfish. Your carefully maintained corals should be safe with this fish in your tank, because it is considered reefsafe.
This fish is peaceful, which means it probably won't attack other fishes. Alas, a lot of peaceful fish do get easily harassed by other, bigger and more aggressive fish. Keep this in mind when mixing different types of fish. Having a lot of hiding places might help in the process.