Heniochus Butterfly

[midnight]

Hi, I have a 55 no live rock. All I have are a flame angel and 2 perc's. I was looking on this site and saw the Heniochus Butterfly. They recommend a school of 3. Do you think my tank will support these fish? Any help will be appreciated.
Ron

 

[humuhumu]

I've broken every rule in the book at one time or another, some with success, some without.
These fish like to swim over the reef in open water, a 55 gallon tank doesn't provide much open space. Over time I don't think that they well do very well in your tank.

 

[midnight]

Anyone else??

 

[perchpsk]

No way would I put 3 of these in a 55. They get fairly large and tend to school. They wont have enough room in a 55 even if there were no other fish or rocks. I have 3 in my 300 gallon with 2 eels, a puffer, and a clown trigger. They are about 8" each, and very active swimmers. I wouldnt put a school of 3 in anything less than a 150.

 

[angel83]

My advice would be to get a much larger tank because these tend to grow very large in size and putting 3 together is such a small tank as yours would cause damage to the creatures...lol :cheer: