Depth for Butterfly fish

[DannyBoy17]

I have a tank, 40cm wide, 60cm long and only 12cm deep. Is that large enough for a Butterfly fish. Im guessing its way too shallow. It's got a lot of surface area.


DB

 

[noelberg]

Are you talking about an African Butterfly Fish? I've never seen one go away from the surface. Kinda like hatchetfish - they like the top of the tank and stay there. I'm no expert tho ...

were you planning on putting anything else in there?

 

[DannyBoy17]

Yes, African Butterfly Fish. It would be alone.

DB

 

[Flashfire]

I doubt it'll need any more surface area... Great catch finding a butterfly though!

 

[BigFishSmallPond]

I used to have one. Ate everything we put in with it. heh neat fish otherwise =]
And ya it stayed at the top of the tank right near the surface ALWAYS.

 

[Dwarfs]

They shouldn't care how deep the tank is

If you are comparing them to hatchets, they are a ferry boat and hatchets are like small motor boats An ABFs mouth reminds me of a ferry boat

 

[reddeerhobbiest]

we have an abf in a 55 gallon and he rarely goes bellow the surface. if he does its only to hunt minnows. so i think a tank like that would be ok. you should have no problem finding one. my lfs has tons of them. its great to watch at feeding time, he loves crickets. he likes to have a plant on the surface to hide in.

 

[noelberg]

If you are comparing them to hatchets, they are a ferry boat and hatchets are like small motor boats An ABFs mouth reminds me of a ferry boat

lol so true in that comparison! the ABF's mouth reminds me of a drawbridge. fierce mouth.
The only thing that ABFs and hatchets have in common is I've never seem either one stray from the surface ... totally different after that

 

[Johnny V]

My ABF, recently deceased, every once and a while liked to go for a quick dive, but id say 95% of the time stayed at the surface. Your tank should be fine. My ABF never ate any smaller fish, just stuck to crickets and flake food.