Difficult Fish - How difficult? Personal experiences?

[SDguy]

But minus the last two fish on the list have you had good experiences with the butterfly species I have listed? Are there any you would recommend above them?

Also, one last question, have you ever kept a tang with butterflies like these? I have heard they can be aggressive because of the similar body shape.

Lattice BF: Only experience is from back in the day when I worked at a LFS. They were hardy.

Kleins BF: No personal experience. I don't find them attractive I hear they are VERY hardy.

Pearlscale BF: Hardy once eating. I prefer paucifasciatus or madagaskariensis, from a looks standpoint.

I have a punctatofasciatus/pelewensis hybrid that I find to be very hardy. I don't have experiences with the individual species.


I personally don't like mixing tangs with butterflies.

 

[QuoVadis]

Ok, thanks, good to know. Kleins is also my least favorite lookswise, but I plan to get one for one of my current smaller tanks because they are so hardy first to get a little experience with BFs before getting the other species for the big tank. Also, I have to say it is the only of the species, besides CBB, that I have ever seen in person at my LFS, and I was blown away how much prettier it looked in person than in pictures. The subtlety of the colors really comes out.

 

[orangegoby]

the toughest one for me so far has to be the Regal angel.

1) getting a healthy specimen willing to eat
(I don't know why they don't usually come in top condition)

2) flight over fight when competing food with Tangs and other angelfish.

i think i can start a thread saying "Regal angel is a piece of cake" if my well rocked mature tank has this only fish, but that's not the case.

my journey with this one will be considered lucky for many. 2 months so far, started with a 5" adult willing to eat pellets in the first week. but there are two problems for me.

1) he doesn't eat a lot at one time vs. others eats like there is no tomorrow.
2) he backs off when other aggressive tank mates comes over for feeding

i have to target feed him chopped shrimp 2-3 times everyday just to make sure he is getting enough to eat. maybe and just maybe giving time the situation will improve.