Blacklip Butterfly

Chaetodon kleinii


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The Blacklip Butterfly, Chaetodon kleinii, has a thick black stripe through its eye with a creamy white color fading to yellow. They are very hardy and peaceful and can be kept with other peaceful fish, but may become aggressive towards other Butterflies with a similar pattern or coloration in smaller tanks.

They are also not reef safe since they will nip at and eat soft corals and stony polyps as well as ornamental shrimp, tube worms and anemones. Diet should include a variety of mysis and vitamin enriched brine shrimp, spirulina, nori, seaweed, marine algae, and algae based foods, 2-3 times daily.
Blacklip Butterfly

Blacklip Butterfly

Chaetodon kleinii


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Care Facts

Size: 1.5-2.5 inches
Care Level: Easy
Temperament: Peaceful
Diet: Omnivore
Origin: Indo-Pacific
Acclimation Time: 3+ hours
Reef Safe: Monitor
Coral Safe: No
Invertebrate Safe: No
Minimum Tank Size: 60 gallons
The Blacklip Butterfly, Chaetodon kleinii, has a thick black stripe through its eye with a creamy white color fading to yellow. They are very hardy and peaceful and can be kept with other peaceful fish, but may become aggressive towards other Butterflies with a similar pattern or coloration in smaller tanks.

They are also not reef safe since they will nip at and eat soft corals and stony polyps as well as ornamental shrimp, tube worms and anemones. Diet should include a variety of mysis and vitamin enriched brine shrimp, spirulina, nori, seaweed, marine algae, and algae based foods, 2-3 times daily.

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