Butterfly Whiptail Bream

Provide an aquarium with plenty of rockwork, cracks, crevices and caves for hiding. Breams also require wide open swim areas and a deep sand bed. They will sift through the sand looking for prey. Breams are not reef safe and will eat any fish or invertebrate they can fit in their mouth. Provide a diet of meaty based foods three times a day. Breams may not eat prepared foods when first acclimated, try feeding enriched live adult Brine, Glass/Grass Shrimp or Black Worms. Juveniles are colorful but as the fish matures their coloration will fade. Keep only one per aquarium and provide a tight fitting lid as they may jump.

Butterfly Whiptail Bream are also sometimes known as the Coral Bream, spinecheek, Threadfin Bream or simply Whiptail Bream. They are occasionally seen in the aquarium brade but not as commonly available as some other marine fish species. They are a beautiful silver or white color with a yellow stripe near its dorsal fin. The Butterfly Whiptail Bream can grow up to 7 inches in length.

We recommend a minimum aquarium size of 75 gallons or larger for this species.

Water conditions: Salinity 1.020 - 1.025, Temp (F) 72 - 78, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Alkalinity 8 - 12 dKH