Heniochus BF In Mixed Reef

[seth&angelle]

What are your thoughts and experience with a Black and White Heniochus BF in a reef? The tank is a 6 foot 225 gallon LPS and Softy tank. Coral include sinulara leather, star polyps, toadstool, zoas and palys, different euphyllia, favia, trachy, duncan, fungia, and a few more I can't think of. Thanks for your help!

 

[altolamprologus]

If you get a schooling banner (Heniochus diphreutes), you'll be fine as they're perfectly reef safe. However, a black and white bannerfish (H. auminatus) is most definitely not reef safe and will pick your corals to death. The tough part is young ones look virtually identical and adults aren't much easier to differentiate.