Can a Royal Gramma Live With a Three Banded Butterflyfish?
✗ Not recommended in most tanksVerdict from our compatibility engine, assuming a typical 90-gallon reef tank. Score: 0/100.
Why
- Fully compatible — Royal Gramma is a good fit for this tank
- Reef safety hard block: Not reef-safe — Three Banded 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
Both species at a glance
Three Banded Butterflyfish
Chaetodon robustus
- Aggression:
- peaceful
- Min tank:
- 100 gallons
- Reef safe:
- unsafe
- Diet:
- omnivore