Racoon Butterfly

[michika]

I have one now, and its been great so far. It is small though, about 1", eats well, and picks at the rock. I haven't seen it pick at anything it shouldn't yet. I have a Raccoon from the Red Sea

[VFX]

Catherine,

Do you have any inverts in with your Racoon?

Clams, shrimp etc.

(Sorry to hijack your thread)

[michika]

8 clams (everything but squamosa right now), lots of SPS, various inverts.

[Douglas]

Well....I've got the new Racoon butterfly. He(Rocky)made the transfer. And it's been about 36hrs. He hasn't eaten anything, and he's been nipping at my green polyps. And seems to ignore the glass anenomes. Hopefully he'll start eating soon.( And yes...My daughter named him Rocky)

[Atomikk]

Say bye bye to your zoa collection. I am talking from experience.

[michika]

How big is Rocky? Do you know what foods he/it/she accepts? If so keeping your butterfly full/satiated can go a very long with in preventing unwanted nipping etc.

[Atomikk]

Frankly with these fish, it doesn't matter what size they are now and if they are trained not to eat zoanthids. Eventually their instincts will kick in and will consume, not nip, zoanthids. I have seen this personally where two ate a small colony in 10 minutes. Ate, not nip.

HTH