butterfly

[godzillaliu88]

my butterfly sometimes likes to peck on the carpet. is it fine?

or is there anyway to stop it?

[w3ish3ng]

i tot anenome is nono with butterfly?

[hammy]

butterfly is not reef safe. either u remove ur coral or u remove the fish.

[Elune]

If your butterfly is NEW to the tank, do the following:

1) remove the coral into a QT for the time being,

2) Feed your butterfly with the regular food first, to let it get used to your daily hand-outs, so that it wun harrass ur corals.

3) Subsequently introduce back your corals, and monitor if the butterfly will still nib at it. Your hope is that it wun anymore.

This will take some time for the butterfly to get used to YOUR feed, and it wun go nibbing around on its own.

If it still doesn'y, then too bad, give up on ur butterfly or ur corals. make a choice then, cuz its in the nature of butterfly to nibble at meaty corals. Next time, before getting a fish / livestock, do your homework first and understand the nature and husbandry of it before committing to get one. Good luck and reef onz~

[colinsoon]

well, i gave up my favourite half black angel for my prata.... haiz. still missing it...

[Qxnviolet]

I gave up owning a flame angel, worried by the fact that it might nip on my corals. Well, some things just won't coexsist together, its either this or that...

[Elune]

I know Butterfly fishes will also eat Invertebrates. So will it also attack cleaner shrimps?

anyone has any accounts on butterfly fishes targeting cleaner shrimps?

[w3ish3ng]

my long nose not doing anything to my coral nor shrimp. but it had been doing a good job picking up worms

[colinsoon]

long nose as in long nose hawkfish?

[Qxnviolet]

I think hes referring to the long nose butterfly...

[colinsoon]

oh sorry sorry. dodo here... dats y i am extinct...

[w3ish3ng]

ya long nose butterfly