butterfly fish

RedSoxReefer · 12/28/2007, 11:56 PM

Anyone ever keep any butterfly fish in a reef tank with any success? I know that some eat softie polyps and that others eat sps corals, I currently keep mostly leathers and mushrooms, also a colony of GSP and clove polyps.

Twz · 12/29/2007, 12:07 AM

Yepp I kept a copperband for about a year before my cat got em
Never touched anything
i have seen a long nose in a reef as-well
i dont think he touched anything either.

Coderabit2 · 12/29/2007, 12:57 AM

There are a few that are considered reef safe and some that could go either way. I know that the pyramid butterfly is reef safe. Just depends on which one you are looking at.

12/28/2007, 11:56 PM	#1
RedSoxReefer Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 168	butterfly fish Anyone ever keep any butterfly fish in a reef tank with any success? I know that some eat softie polyps and that others eat sps corals, I currently keep mostly leathers and mushrooms, also a colony of GSP and clove polyps.

12/29/2007, 12:07 AM	#2
Twz Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Edmonton Posts: 628	Yepp I kept a copperband for about a year before my cat got em Never touched anything i have seen a long nose in a reef as-well i dont think he touched anything either.

12/29/2007, 12:57 AM	#3
Coderabit2 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SLC, UT Posts: 256	There are a few that are considered reef safe and some that could go either way. I know that the pyramid butterfly is reef safe. Just depends on which one you are looking at.