Reef Safe Butterflyfish??
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small triggers
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as far as i know they are mostly coralivores, though i do believe i just saw an article in CORAL that was talking about the,,,,
jp30338
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Originally Posted by fishkid13
http:///forum/post/3075952
I think to find a good answer you will need to see how they behave naturely in the wild.
Umm ok
http:///forum/post/3075952
I think to find a good answer you will need to see how they behave naturely in the wild.
Umm ok
fishkid13
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Originally Posted by jp30338
http:///forum/post/3075965
Umm ok
If you know how they behave and or eat in the wild you can beat that that is how they are going to be in the aquarium, and sense you don't see any tank bred butterflys they all come from the ocean.
http:///forum/post/3075965
Umm ok
If you know how they behave and or eat in the wild you can beat that that is how they are going to be in the aquarium, and sense you don't see any tank bred butterflys they all come from the ocean.
jp30338
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Originally Posted by fishkid13
http:///forum/post/3075987
If you know how they behave and or eat in the wild you can beat that that is how they are going to be in the aquarium, and sense you don't see any tank bred butterflys they all come from the ocean.
That can be said with any fish, and actually butterfly fish are able to change their eating habits, to what is readily available, whether it is coral or other small living organisms, such as parasites, mysis shimp, brine, etc... The trick to butterfly fish is getting them to eat anything in the home aquarium.
http:///forum/post/3075987
If you know how they behave and or eat in the wild you can beat that that is how they are going to be in the aquarium, and sense you don't see any tank bred butterflys they all come from the ocean.
That can be said with any fish, and actually butterfly fish are able to change their eating habits, to what is readily available, whether it is coral or other small living organisms, such as parasites, mysis shimp, brine, etc... The trick to butterfly fish is getting them to eat anything in the home aquarium.
fishkid13
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Originally Posted by jp30338
http:///forum/post/3075997
That can be said with any fish, and actually butterfly fish are able to change their eating habits, to what is readily available, whether it is coral or other small living organisms, such as parasites, mysis shimp, brine, etc... The trick to butterfly fish is getting them to eat anything in the home aquarium.
All of that could be in a tank so it really wouldn't be to much differce besides the kinds.
http:///forum/post/3075997
That can be said with any fish, and actually butterfly fish are able to change their eating habits, to what is readily available, whether it is coral or other small living organisms, such as parasites, mysis shimp, brine, etc... The trick to butterfly fish is getting them to eat anything in the home aquarium.
All of that could be in a tank so it really wouldn't be to much differce besides the kinds.
jordan3548
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Originally Posted by fuerte91
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i have a magazine at home that has an article about this. i'll put it in when i get home. if i remember correctly, they all nip at corals, but each one only nips at certain corals
Thats what a few good friends have told me. I've been told every butterfly will nip at corals. I wouldnt take a chance in my reef but your right there are some beautiful ones out there but I just dont want to take the chance.
http:///forum/post/3075984
i have a magazine at home that has an article about this. i'll put it in when i get home. if i remember correctly, they all nip at corals, but each one only nips at certain corals
Thats what a few good friends have told me. I've been told every butterfly will nip at corals. I wouldnt take a chance in my reef but your right there are some beautiful ones out there but I just dont want to take the chance.
mlpfab4fan
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Yellow Pyramid and Zoster are both reef safe.
tangs rule
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Several years ago I had a longnose butterfly (forcipiger longirostris) that did very well in my 90 reef - but the tank was well established and had a HUGE pod population......what was SO very cool was to watch him feed on the pods in the liverock crevices/holes. He seemed just as comfortable upside down or sideways while he nipped scuds all day......he'd do 360's while he scoured the liverock all day, and seemed very happy.....He totally ignored my lps/sps collection.
I have just purchased another one, and he is in Q tank till march 1, then he will go into that same 90, but it only has a few of the corals as the setup I had in 2004. There are a couple lps/sps in that tank now, as well as peppermint/skunk cleaner shrimp - and I have little worries that he'll bother anything but all the scuds living in/on liverock.
I have just purchased another one, and he is in Q tank till march 1, then he will go into that same 90, but it only has a few of the corals as the setup I had in 2004. There are a couple lps/sps in that tank now, as well as peppermint/skunk cleaner shrimp - and I have little worries that he'll bother anything but all the scuds living in/on liverock.