Butterfly question

[matty0206]

I recently purchased a 150g tank and will be keeping the tank mostly a BTA and fish only with a few LPS corals such as my 2 scoli's and a blasto colony. My current fish I have that will be moved are:
Pair of clowns, 1 mccosker wrasse, 1 starry blenny, blue spot watchman, and a mandarin. Does anyone see any issue with keeping a few different butterfly species in this tank? Will they try to eat anemone's or LPS? If this would be possible what species or kinds would you recommend?

Thanks

 

[homegrowncichli]

Theres a full thread on this and page 2 and 3 shows how/what people are keeping. Then others were referencing other sites and the natural picking of corals and how little damage they can do to SPS, (or they could just eat the whole LPS too)

Based on this, I myself added 2 butterflies as a trial to my frag tank.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1983397

http://glassbox-design.com/2009/polyp-nipping-and-sps-its-only-natural/

 

[jjk_reef00]

Copperband and yellow longnose are the two that people have the most success with.

 

[hkgar]

I am having very good success with a Yellow Pyramid. Eats anything I put in and doesn't mess with any other fish and leaves the corals alone.

 

[matty0206]

So it seems like the long nosed species are the answer. Does anyone know specifically about bubble tips? My plan all along has been to do a BTA and fish only tank but I have a few LPS that I would love to keep, if I had to I would get rid of the LPS and just do BTA's but I would hate for a butterfly to go to town on my huge rose BTA.

 

[matty0206]

I am having very good success with a Yellow Pyramid. Eats anything I put in and doesn't mess with any other fish and leaves the corals alone.

These and the different species of angels like the Watanabei and Lamarck's seem like they would be a good choice also.

I just don't like tangs very much and want something different.

 

[Dr Colliebreath]

Advice I have received in the past is that butterflies are likely to eat anemones, although I never gave it a try.