Butterfly Fishes...

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Originally Posted by NaCL H20 REEFER

the butter fly's i would say the best to get is a cooper band, but wait til the tank is stable and well fed with duster's and assorted pods.
the other ones i would stay away from if you are getting corals Randi, and if you are thinking of gettting a yellow tang the copperBand will fight with him .

due they are the same in shape


mike

I have a Yellow Tang and a Copperband Butterfly in my 90 that do not show any aggresion to each other at all. There was a little bit of fighting for the first week or so, but nothing to worry about. (CBB should be larger than the Tang IMO.)

Also the CBB will eat frozen food and if your lucky maybe even flake. My CBB takes frozen mysis right out of my hand every day. They are a great fish that I would highly recomend.

It's a good idea to get one that is very thick and healthy because it can be a little tricky to get them to eat at first.(Mine took two weeks.)

If they're not eating a short time after getting them, a CBB can be convinced to take food easier than many other fish if you go about it the right way.