Care guide at a glance
Hemitaurichthys polylepis
Description
A white-and-yellow butterflyfish with a bold pyramid-shaped white flank patch. Unusually for the family, it is a planktivore and genuinely reef safe.
Feeding
A planktivore rather than a coral feeder, which is what makes it reef safe. Frozen mysis, enriched brine shrimp and marine pellets, two or three times daily.
Compatibility
Reef safe - it feeds from the water column and leaves corals alone. Peaceful and best kept in a group of three or more.
Behaviour and personality
Shoals in open water above the rockwork, feeding from the current rather than picking at rock.
Before you buy
One of very few reef-safe butterflyfish and much easier to feed than the coral-eating species. Keep in a group and give it open swimming space.
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