long nosed butterfly fish

gusmanda · 07/28/2008, 04:27 PM

Anyone have experience with a long-nosed butterfly fish? My LFS claims they are just as good as copperband butterflies as far as aipstasia is concerned. My worry is it a) might not eat aipstasia the way CB butterflies do, and b) it might eat some of the corals.

gusmanda · 07/28/2008, 04:28 PM

by the way, I was refering to Forcipiger flavissimus

bassettmd · 07/28/2008, 05:25 PM

In my past experience they are perfectly fine to have in a reef tank... some do and some dont enjoy aptasia (much like copperbands). The only reason that I no longer own one today is because he also enjoyed one of my small maxima clams a little too much.

bassettmd · 07/28/2008, 05:27 PM

oops.... btw they are a model citizen and I reccommend them over copperbands because they are much hardier. They also do not put up with harrassment from other fish and can stand their ground.

nikon187 · 07/28/2008, 05:33 PM

look into pyramid butterfly.

or do what i did, move corals to sump and place a 150 halide down there. Then buy a raccoon butterfly and let him go to town. ha

gusmanda · 07/29/2008, 07:16 AM

how about putting a copperband and a long nose together, think they'd get along?

JIM260 · 08/22/2008, 04:48 PM

Thats a great question. I have thought of this combo in my 300 lps, softy reef.

07/28/2008, 04:27 PM	#1
gusmanda Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Guadalajara, (central west Mexico) Posts: 848	long nosed butterfly fish Anyone have experience with a long-nosed butterfly fish? My LFS claims they are just as good as copperband butterflies as far as aipstasia is concerned. My worry is it a) might not eat aipstasia the way CB butterflies do, and b) it might eat some of the corals.

07/28/2008, 05:33 PM	#5
nikon187 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 4,717	look into pyramid butterfly. or do what i did, move corals to sump and place a 150 halide down there. Then buy a raccoon butterfly and let him go to town. ha __________________ ----------------- Current Tanks: New 210 custom 84 x 24 x 24, 60g sump, SWC 250 extreme with bubble blaster 5000, 2 vortech mp40, 2 vortech mp10, 12 T5, Water blaster 5000, warner marine bio pellets, 60g clownfish cube, red carpet anemone with a 25g sump,SRO octopus 1000sss, 250w radium, lumenarc large.

08/22/2008, 04:48 PM	#7
JIM260 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Southeastern Michigan Posts: 191	Thats a great question. I have thought of this combo in my 300 lps, softy reef. __________________ Been out of reefing 11 years. Back in with a glass 240 (96x24x24), 150g fuge, 50g sump. Lord help me.... Plan on going LPS, soft, fish, inverts. Current Tank Info: 240 mixed reef LPS, softies, clams, fish, anemone

07/28/2008, 04:28 PM	#2
gusmanda Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Guadalajara, (central west Mexico) Posts: 848	by the way, I was refering to Forcipiger flavissimus

07/28/2008, 05:25 PM	#3
bassettmd Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NorthEast Posts: 710	In my past experience they are perfectly fine to have in a reef tank... some do and some dont enjoy aptasia (much like copperbands). The only reason that I no longer own one today is because he also enjoyed one of my small maxima clams a little too much.

07/28/2008, 05:27 PM	#4
bassettmd Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NorthEast Posts: 710	oops.... btw they are a model citizen and I reccommend them over copperbands because they are much hardier. They also do not put up with harrassment from other fish and can stand their ground.

07/29/2008, 07:16 AM	#6
gusmanda Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Guadalajara, (central west Mexico) Posts: 848	how about putting a copperband and a long nose together, think they'd get along?