Comments on: Diversity of Form | Chaetodon declivis, The Marquesan Butterfly

By: Bema72

Bema72 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:10:00 +0000

I bought a C. Declivis few weeks ago. I’m really happy about the fish, is really lovely and shows most of the chatacteristics you told about.

By: lance

lance — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:45:19 +0000

they are beautiful fish, im actually designing my new reef tank around having one of these

thanks for sharing

By: Richie

Richie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:14:22 +0000

I’m in the process of setting up a reef tank and this is now one of the fish I really want at some point. It won’t be for awhile, but I really like the yellow on white and the interesting spikey view.

Here’s the only link a quick goole search found with a price ($299)
http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/butterflyfish/declevisbutterfly/

By: glassbox-design.com » Rare Fish | Tinkeri Hybrids - Chaetodon tinkeri, flavocoronatus, and burgessi

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:23:46 +0000

[...] Roa subgenus is a favorite of mine. These deepwater butterflies adapt well to captive conditions and generally eat immediately after [...]

By: glassbox-design.com » Rare Fish | The Bank Butterfly, Prognathodes aya

glassbox-design.com » Rare Fish | The Bank Butterfly, Prognathodes aya — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:04:20 +0000

[...] de banco (Prognathodes aya) is a deep water Western Atlantic Butterflyfish that we rarely see. Despite being close to our own turf often times these beautiful fish head to [...]

By: glassbox-design.com » The Georgia Aquarium | Part 2

glassbox-design.com » The Georgia Aquarium | Part 2 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:24:50 +0000

[...] didn’t have 1, but 3 Tinker’s Butterflies and 1 Declivis Butterfly. They also had Racoons, Aurigas, Emperor Angels and Annularis Angels. Watching these larger fish [...]

By: glassbox-design.com » Sojourn | Art & Design inspired by the Reefs

glassbox-design.com » Sojourn | Art & Design inspired by the Reefs — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:13:38 +0000

[...] I am starting to get the hang of it. Here’s a partially completed vector image I made of our C. declivis. A friend has asked for a large print and we’ve [...]

By: JS

JS — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 01:36:18 +0000

A beautiful fish. The spikey dorsal is great on yours.

By: e&f

e&f — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:11:09 +0000

Hey Felix,

Thanks.

By: e&f

e&f — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:09:09 +0000

Vlad,

It is true many Chaetodontids do have a taste for Zoa’s, but some leave them completely alone. Because of their natural diets and personalities, it varies not only from species to species but fish to fish.

In the wild the Tinkeri complex are found singly or in pairs, but usually only form pairs when breeding. In captivity they are tolerant of each other and can do well singly, pairs, trios, etc. With that said, groups or pairs are not needed for long term success.

We do plan on adding another fish from the complex, but not the same exact species. Hopefully it will be a hybrid? We’ll see how our Declivis will interact with it when added