What is wrought iron butterflyfish?
Wrought iron butterflyfish, also known as Japanese black butterfly, belongs to the order Perciformes, butterflyfish family, butterflyfish genus, and is a kind of coral reef butterflyfish in temperate waters. Embroidered butterflyfish originate from the Ogasawara Islands in the Sea of Japan. They live in coral reefs, feeding on organic debris, corals, sea anemones, etc. They have a black body color and can protect themselves well when hiding in the reefs.
What does the wrought iron butterflyfish look like?
This fish is oval in shape and has a short snout. Body color is black, each scale has a white edge, and it appears to have many small white spots. The fins are black, with yellow edges on the dorsal, anal and caudal fins. Body length up to 15 cm.
wrought iron butterflyfish living habits
The shape of the wrought iron butterflyfish is very charming, but since the breeding of the wrought iron butterflyfish is very difficult, it is recommended that aquarium lovers with certain breeding experience should keep it. It is recommended that the pH value of wrought iron butterflyfish be 8.1-8.4; the water temperature should be 24-27℃.
In the process of raising wrought iron butterflyfish, nitrifying bacteria are the most helpful for water quality optimization. Protein is only auxiliary, and it is very weak in water quality optimization. Excluding dirty water when changing the water, the effect of adding some water every day is much better than changing the water once a week or two or once a month.
wrought iron butterflyfish rearing
Although this butterflyfish is hard to come by, it is very easy to raise. What kind of feed is acceptable, and the water quality requirements are not higher than any butterflyfish. If it is raised in a good water quality environment, this fish is more active than any butterflyfish. Because it is distributed in the temperate zone, it is best to feed it with water at 22-24 °C, but according to experience, even if the water temperature reaches 28 °C occasionally, the fish will eat and drink as usual. I keep it together with other butterflyfish, must ensure the water temperature of 26 ℃, wrought iron butterflyfish still live happily.
