Butterfly fish

[Sergio Henrique]

hi everbody,

I would like to know about the black & white heniochus acuminatus butterfly fish, if this fish is like others butterfly, I mean if this fish is dificult to eat like others butterflys, ou is eat.

tanks

[MikeS]

The heniochus acuminatus, is sometimes known as the False Moorish Idol. I believe they are a little easier to get on a varied aquarium diet than some other butterflyfish, because their diet is not quite as specialized as some of the others.

If you have live rock or corals, sometimes they can be problematic, picking all sorts of critters out of the LR and perhaps occasionally nipping at corals...

Mike