butterfly vs angels

[Allmost]

Hello,
never kept a butterfly in reef before [except CBB] but have kept almost all angels in reef.

wanted to know, how butterflies compare to angels, in terms of polyp eating ?

was thinking declivis or tinkeri or tinkers

plan is to add one to my matured SPS reef.

thank you.

 

[scar79]

I think the two easiest (aside from CBB) are the pyramid and kleins, but it really comes down to the individual. I've put 3 in a mature 600 gallon SPS dominated tank and they are model citizens, but the two I put in a 400 gallon mixed reef went right after the delicious red planet

 

[Allmost]

so kinda same as angels it seems.

all my Angels nip on corals, but none of them cause that much damage, some nipping here and there which I am okay with.

 

[jnc914]

I have owned both a pair of Declevis and a pair of Tinker's. The Tinkers were in a 300 gallon FOWLR, the Declevis were in my old 200DD mixed reef. The Declevis took an immediate liking to the SPS and brain coral. But again this was a relatively small system compared to the 600 gallon mature SPS tank that was mentioned above. Depending on the angel, they can be less destructive to coral than a butterfly in the same size tank(200 gallon).

Now in a large tank (240+ gallon 8'-10' tank) I think you could get away with a couple of butterfly without them heavily damaging any of your mature SPS.