TheChad
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hey all,
I wanted to find out if the Long Nose Butterfly is any better than the copper banded butterfly, as for survivability?
There have been 3 fish that I have wanted from the beginning of starting this hobby. #1 Copper Banded Butterfly, #2 Powder Blue Tank, #3 Long Nose Butterfly.
After 3 unsuccessfull attempts at the Copper Banded Butterfly, I began looking at the Powder Blue Tang, and from what i've read, they are just like the Copper Banded, almost impossible to keep alive.
I started looking more at the Long Nose Butterfly, and haven't found much bad said about them. So I thought I'd ask?
It seams most of the fish the LFS order are known not to survive, Which makes me question the LFS's. But The Long nose is also available at many LFS's so I thought i'd get some input first.
I do have a reef tank with LR, and Soft corals. Mostly polyps. The things I read about the long nose said they could pick at polyps but no one reported this problem.
I also read the the Long Nose Butterfly's will eat Aiptasia, which would be nice. I had 2 Aiptasia's in my tank, which I purchased Joes Juice, But The just keep coming back, and every time they come back, they bring fiends. So a natural way of ridding them would be nice.
Thanks for the help,
-TheChad
I wanted to find out if the Long Nose Butterfly is any better than the copper banded butterfly, as for survivability?
There have been 3 fish that I have wanted from the beginning of starting this hobby. #1 Copper Banded Butterfly, #2 Powder Blue Tank, #3 Long Nose Butterfly.
After 3 unsuccessfull attempts at the Copper Banded Butterfly, I began looking at the Powder Blue Tang, and from what i've read, they are just like the Copper Banded, almost impossible to keep alive.
I started looking more at the Long Nose Butterfly, and haven't found much bad said about them. So I thought I'd ask?
It seams most of the fish the LFS order are known not to survive, Which makes me question the LFS's. But The Long nose is also available at many LFS's so I thought i'd get some input first.
I do have a reef tank with LR, and Soft corals. Mostly polyps. The things I read about the long nose said they could pick at polyps but no one reported this problem.
I also read the the Long Nose Butterfly's will eat Aiptasia, which would be nice. I had 2 Aiptasia's in my tank, which I purchased Joes Juice, But The just keep coming back, and every time they come back, they bring fiends. So a natural way of ridding them would be nice.
Thanks for the help,
-TheChad