Klein's Butterfly

[H@rry]

I have a 2.5 inch Klein's Butterfly that I managed to catch and banish to the sump yesterday. It was picking on the corals to the point they had had very diminished polyp extension (maybe he bit them off). It would be good for a fish only tank. I'll take $25 for it, pick up only.

 

[Tomoko Schum]

Isn't a Klein's butterfly known to erradicate aiptasia?

Tomoko

 

[H@rry]

Yes they are. They're also reported to eat tulip anemones, which is why I got it. While it did eat almost all the tulips, it also nipped at the coral polyps almost non-stop. I finally decided that he was doing more harm than the tulips. Last night I spent about 30 minutes with a big net with cyclopies (sp) and finally caught him.

I got him from CRA on July 26th. Johnny would probably swap him for something else but I don't want to make a special trip all the way out there for just that. It nobody else takes him before I go that way I probably will though.

 

[8BALL_99]

Well I could have saved you some time.. I would have lent you a fishing pole.

 

[Westpat]

Glad to see you caught the little guy!
Thanks again for the bulbs,
David

 

[Mariner]

I've often been tempted to get a Klein's butterfly just because they have the best name of any fish ever but I'd heard that they can't really be trusted with corals. That's kind of typical of anybody named Klein.

Mariner