is this a hard butter fly fish to take care of?

[clintvalian]

i just purchased a long nosed butterfly fish and he looks great. i have him in a holding tank right now. but can anyone tell me some info about him?? does anyone have one of these fish? are they hard to maintain? any advice would be really appreciated.

 

[grouperhead]

im no expert by any means on butterflies, but i think the long nose is rather hardy. as i said im not positive but i tihnk they are pretty hardy for butterflies, someone else can verify this. later, bo

 

[mr . salty]

The only thing I can think of is feeding can sometimes be a problem.They have that little tiney mouth,so the food they eat must be small. They also will pick at your live rock.And forget having anything in the tank that even looks like coral. It will also pick any new live rock totally clean of everything.This is why nature gave them that long nose,so they can get into the nooks and krannies in the rock looking for anything that can be eaten...GOOD LUCK.

 

[clintvalian]

thanks u guys' for ur advice. i am gald to hear that he's pretty hardy. as for feeding it shouldn't be to much of a problem. i have had a copperbanded butterfly for about 6 months now and he started off just slightly larger than this long nose and he eats my brime shrimp great. thanks again..