any reefsafe butterfly's for a 65 gal

ezhoops

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Title says it all, except I don't want a copperband. looking for something a little more colorful and uncommon.

pics would be great
 
Marginalis and tinkerii are the only ones i have seen documented as reef safe to an extent all others have been labeled polyp eaters.

im looking into a large angel butterfly tank and i wont be having anything in with my fish as the butterflys will grow nice on the corals

but i may buy a few colony's for them to chew on anyway

nothing like natural food source.
 
havent been able to keep blue stripes alive.

they keep for a few days and then go south fast

i have a red sea chevron butterfly now in QT so we will see.
 
Re: any reefsafe butterfly's for a 65 gal

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6965205#post6965205 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ezhoops
Title says it all, except I don't want a copperband. looking for something a little more colorful and uncommon.

pics would be great

Tinkers, Mitradus, declivis have been reef safe in my experience.
 
How about?

Yellow Pyramid Butterfly - Hemitaurichthys polylepis

This butterfly feeds on plankton in the wild, so probably pretty safe in reef.

Mike
 
are Bluestripe Butterflys (Chaetodon fremblii) really reef safe? they are very nice. any more info on them? Thanks
 
I've had a longnose butterfly in a 75 gallon mixed reef for two years with no problems. Once in a blue moon he'll nip at a clam mantle since he's frequently foraging for copepods but other than that he's a model citizen. Of course each individual may be different.
 
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