Is there any reef safe butterflies?

[fish freak2012]

Hello, i need some advice on my 125 gallon reefs stock list. All we have stocked right now is a yellow tank, 3-stripe damsel,9 inch engineer goby(needs to be removed any ideas), a dainty damsel(looks like a chromis), a diamond goby, an 6 line wrasse.
We would like to add...
-chromis x4
-Blue Hippo Tang
-and some type of reef safe butterfly.
will this be ok with my current stocklist?
The Butterfly brings me to my next question. is there any reef safe or somewhat reef safe butterfly. I would like it to be kind of hardy. everytime i find one that i think will be ok some one says they arnt reef safe. Any advice is great so please comment ~thanks Dex

 

[teresaq]

I think one of the Heniochus (there are two kinds) is more so then others, cant remember which one though
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[auroradrvr]

Zoster's or Pyramid Butterflies are your best bet. They are plankton feeders.
Teresa, its Heniochus diphreutes that you're thinking of. They are reef safe (kind of), but they are very hard to tell apart from H. acuminatus. So I do not recommend them for that fact alone.

 

[jmrents]

Butterfles are not really considered "reef safe", all will potentially eat corals
and most might find some inverts a good snack as well, especially shrimp.
If you want to try one of these for a reef tank the best is the
"schooling bannerfish" aka Heniochus diphreutes.
You will need to feed it a few times a day to keep it from nibbling on your
corals. They still might pick at some of the LPS in your tank, but should
not harm any inverts.
These are somewhat difficult to find and look very much like their cousin
Heniochus acuminatus the "threadfin bannerfish", these will eat your corals.
The tell tale difference is that the second black band ends at the tip of the anal fin for the schooling bannerfish.
The threadfin bannerfish's anal fin is white and is one of the most common bannerfish in LFS.
It is best to add the butterflies all at once, as these do best in small groups,
3 to 5.
Good luck with your setup.

 

[nycbob]

imo, no reef-safe butterfly fish.

 

[mlpfab4fan]

Yellow Pyramid and Zoster are considered reef safe.