Can a Red Sea Eritrean Butterflyfish Live With a Tinkeri 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 — Red Sea Eritrean Butterflyfish will damage coral/inverts
- Reef safety hard block: Not reef-safe — Tinkeri 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
Both species at a glance
Red Sea Eritrean Butterflyfish
Chaetodon paucifasciatus
- Aggression:
- peaceful
- Min tank:
- 90 gallons
- Reef safe:
- unsafe
- Diet:
- omnivore
Tinkeri Butterflyfish
Chaetodon tinkeri
- Aggression:
- peaceful
- Min tank:
- 70 gallons
- Reef safe:
- unsafe
- Diet:
- carnivore