Can a Mirror Butterflyfish Live With a Pearlscale 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 — Mirror Butterflyfish will damage coral/inverts
- Reef safety hard block: Not reef-safe — Pearlscale Butterflyfish will damage coral/inverts
It can work if…
- Reef safety concern — relocate or rehome before adding to a reef tank
- Known incompatibility — these species are documented to conflict
- Upgrade to a larger tank — this species needs more volume
Both species at a glance
Mirror Butterflyfish
Chaetodon speculum
- Aggression:
- peaceful
- Min tank:
- 50 gallons
- Reef safe:
- unsafe
- Diet:
- carnivore
Pearlscale Butterflyfish
Chaetodon xanthurus
- Aggression:
- peaceful
- Min tank:
- 125 gallons
- Reef safe:
- unsafe
- Diet:
- omnivore