Can a Latticed Butterflyfish Live With a Spotband Butterflyfish?
✗ Not recommended in most tanksVerdict from our compatibility engine, assuming a typical 90-gallon reef tank. Score: 0/100.
Why
- Reef safety hard block: Not reef-safe — Latticed Butterflyfish will damage coral/inverts
- Reef safety hard block: Not reef-safe — Spotband Butterflyfish will damage coral/inverts
It can work if…
- Upgrade to a larger tank — this species needs more volume
- Reef safety concern — relocate or rehome before adding to a reef tank
- Known incompatibility — these species are documented to conflict
Both species at a glance
Latticed Butterflyfish
Chaetodon rafflesii
- Aggression:
- peaceful
- Min tank:
- 120 gallons
- Reef safe:
- unsafe
- Diet:
- carnivore
Spotband Butterflyfish
Chaetodon punctatofasciatus
- Aggression:
- peaceful
- Min tank:
- 70 gallons
- Reef safe:
- unsafe
- Diet:
- omnivore