Does anybody have this fish?

sammy

sammy

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I saw this fsh at my LFS. Based on a book, it's called Meyer Butterfly and mainly fed on coral polyps in the wild. Does anybody have this fish and successfully feed it (NOT with coral polyps)?
Here is the link for the picture of the Meyer Butterfly:
<a href="http://www.islandream.com/p_mald07.htm" target="_blank">http://www.islandream.com/p_mald07.htm</a>
 
dlight692001

dlight692001

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we had one at the lfs were i work... it came in as assorted butterflys, it lived for like 3-4 weeks then died, it is a great lookin fish tho. hard to keep
 
kris

kris

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The meyers is one of the most difficult (pretty much impossible) to keep. I would really advise against it. Most butterfly's are delicate, sensitive, hard to feed and acclimate. But this is one fo the worst. If you want a butterfly try one of the hardier ones (relatively speaking as they are all pretty difficult) Try a bluestripe or a blacklip.
If you consider yourself a true "expert" go ahead and try--but 99.9% of hobbiests I don't think would keep this guy successfully.
 
jodilynn

jodilynn

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According to Marine Fishes by Scott W Michael this fish rates a 1 (with 5 being highest in Aquarium Suitability). I agree that this fish is very beautiful, though. Just not a fish for the home aquarium. <img src="graemlins//dead.gif" border="0" alt="[dead]" />
 
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