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Klein's Butterfly
| Latin Name | Chaetodon kleini | ||||||||||||
| Common Name | Klein's Butterfly | ||||||||||||
| Also known as | Corallicola Butterflyfish, Blacklip Butterflyfish | ||||||||||||
| Fast Facts | This is the bullet-proof butterflyfish! (Remember, very small bullets are lethal to butterflies.) For those of you that are apprehensive about keeping a chaetodontid, but really want one, this is the fish for you! It is hardy, accepting most aquarium foods. It may behave aggressively toward members of its own kind, although if your tank is large enough, more than one can be kept together. It usually ignores its tankmates (it will occasionally clean other fishes), but it may squabble with other chaetodontids in a smaller tank. | ||||||||||||
| Sizes | Small/Around 1"-2" Medium/Around 2"-3" |
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| Range in Nature | Indo Pacific | ||||||||||||
| Minimum Aquarium Size | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Diet and Feeding | Offer crustacean flesh, mysid shrimp and frozen preparations. Feeding more than once daily is recommended for all butterflies. | ||||||||||||
| Ease of Care(5=easy, 1=difficult) |  |
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| Reef Aquarium Compatibility | This species feeds on a wide-range of invertebrates, including some of the species kept in reefs, but keeping it with live rock can be a great benefit. | ||||||||||||
| Related Fish | Auriga Butterfly- Hawaii, Black Velvet Angelfish, Blackback Butterfly, 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, 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 | Frequently Available | ||||||||||||
| Add to Cart | Klein's Butterfly
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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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