Black Pyramid Butterflyfish

Black Pyramid Butterflyfish are very hardy butterflyfish species. The Pyramid Butterflyfish is also commonly called the Zoster Butterflyish. This species native to the Indo-pacific reefs. In their natural environment they are often seen in pairs. We are feeding them a variety of prepared foods including frozen Mysis shrimp, LRS frozen nano blend, TDO XS pellets and a variety of other prepared foods at our farm. We recommend feeding them often such as 2-3+ times daily. They love PE Mysis shrimp.

We recommend housing this species singly or paired. These do really well paired. They are peaceful fish and friendly to keep with our captive bred seahorses. There is a possibility of them nipping at corals, anemones, scallops and clams, especially when underfed. Keeping them well fed tends to reduce this risk and they are often fine with corals in the aquarium. Anemones are not seahorse safe anyways so no concerns there if keeping them in your seahorse aquarium. Of course, keep an eye on them. These are also great in larger seahorse aquariums with all artificial hitching posts or FOWLR aquariums. We recommend a 70-125+ gallon or larger aquarium size for this species. They like swimming space and having lots of branch rockwork.