Can I keep these with butterflies

[JMM744]

cleaner shrimp, anemones, snails and cleaner type crabs? Anyone with experience please? Have a saddleback, raccoon, Klein’s, teardrop and dot dash. Will be in a 180.
Thanks, Jim

 

[tdileo]

Butterflies will eat corals. Won’t bother anything else though, they’re usually pretty peaceful but can defend themselves using their spines if attacked.

 

[JMM744]

That’s good to know. I really want to put cleaner shrimp in with them and a Bubbletip and pair old black snowflake clowns.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Anemones are at risk with butterflies.

 

[JMM744]

Ok, do you think the clowns will keep the Bubbletip safe? The female is pretty aggressive especially when spawning.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Are the clowns hosting in it already? There is guarantee that they will do so if they aren't already.

 

[JMM744]

They are not. They had been doing so before but I had to pull them from the display when I found velvet in the tank.

 

[eatbreakfast]

They are not. They had been doing so before but I had to pull them from the display when I found velvet in the tank.

So then there is no guarantee that they will protect the anemone.

 

[JMM744]

So then there is no guarantee that they will protect the anemone.

I think I can start the tank out with the clowns and a nem in it and let them get friendly then add the Butterflies. I have several bubble tips so if I lose one to fish food it won’t impact me much. They keep splitting , things are like a weed!