Longnose Butterfly - reef safe?

[reavely]

I seem to see differeing opinions on this, some say yes, some say "with caution" others say flat-out NO. I'd like to hear from experienced longnose keepers. do they munch corals? which ones? I hear, and can imagine, they are difficult to feed - how so? Live food? small food? will productive live rock/ sand suffice? or do I need a brine hatchery to boot?

 

[fishtanker]

my LN butterfly doesn't bother any of my corals. i have him housed with a leather, some shrooms, GSP's , and a BTA. the only thing that he picked at was one of my urchins and that was only for the first couple hours.
HTH

 

[geo33]

I had one in my 55 he was fine with my corals but tried to get my feather dusters. Ended up losing one of them before I got him out

 

[fishman830]

guess it's hit or miss