If you get a small one, yes. They dont grow very quickly.You think I'm ok with a single copperband?
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If you get a small one, yes. They dont grow very quickly.You think I'm ok with a single copperband?
I have mainly SPS, a mushroom rock and zoa rock.I think the term "reefsafe" can be very misleading, some fish will eat CUC but not corals, some LPS but not CUC or SPS, some SPS, for what it's worth I have a pearlscale and 4 spot in my sps tank both are fine...along with a coral beauty and majestic angel... I believe it comes down to what is more important to you, corals or the fish? and then you can choose to minimise your risk, if I'd got a tank full of expensive scolies and acans I wouldn't let a butterfly or angel near it, a few colonies of sticks is a completely different arguement...
I think the term "reefsafe" can be very misleading, some fish will eat CUC but not corals, some LPS but not CUC or SPS, some SPS, for what it's worth I have a pearlscale and 4 spot in my sps tank both are fine...along with a coral beauty and majestic angel... I believe it comes down to what is more important to you, corals or the fish? and then you can choose to minimise your risk, if I'd got a tank full of expensive scolies and acans I wouldn't let a butterfly or angel near it, a few colonies of sticks is a completely different arguement...
So a copperbands my best choice then???Acans, Scolies and zoas are there favorite food, however at start my emperor eat one Acna then stopped, also you need to feed them a lot to minimize the risk , and feeding a lot means you should have good filtration system to handle all the extra waste
I never added a scolie to the tank because I am not willing to spend all this money so my fish can enjoy some candy
Ok I'm gonna go with the copperband then....red sea raccoons will eat everything, not safe at all
I don't know what your seeing, but everything I've read says butterflyfish need at least 120 gallon tanks. I think you'd be pushing it to even have one in a 60 gallon.Ok I'm leaning towards
Golden Semilarvatus Butterflyfish
Copperband butterlyfish or longnose
Are these 2 good?
Thankyou for your advice .!! I only have 2 clown fish and a spotted dragonet in upto now .. But like everyone I would like that wow factor in my tank ..(plus my girlfriend keeps on at me too buy a couple of fish instead of just corals all the time )..I've been reluctant too buy fish because I want them reef safe also .. I'm finding it difficult too decide ... more time and research I guess
I did already ,....just got a 90 gTake advantage of your girlfriends wants and buy a much bigger tank.
I don't know what your seeing, but everything I've read says butterflyfish need at least 120 gallon tanks. I think you'd be pushing it to even have one in a 60 gallon.
A copperband butterfly is a grazing fish. It has a small mouth, eat slowly, and is not an aggressive eater around other fish at all. When you feed your other fish they go into a frenzy eating as quickly as possible. The copperband won't do that very much at all. Therefore if you only feed once or maybe twice a day, it really won't get enough to survive. It needs something to eat just about all day long comma because it is so slowly it has to spend much of the day grazing. Therefore think about what it will eat while it's grazing. It will eat copepods. The question to ask yourself is whether you have enough Rock and other things in the tank that can have enough copepod population for your butterfly to survive long-term. I think having a good sump refugium is an excellent way to help do this. It ensures that there's a safe place for punch to multiply comma and no fish can get to them to completely wipe them out. However, you have to have enough Rock and places in the tank for them to live and hide also. Unless you have a lot of rock in a 60 gallon tank, the copperband may slowly starve to death.