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fishoholic 03-12-2012 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Myka (Post 692763)
It's not the size of the Butterflyfish that matters though Laurie...

I temperally held a very small CBB in a 30g (2 months) and he seemed fine in it, however I remember when I did the same with a 1" tang (was in a 30g for 2 months) it was a different story. I should add that the butterfly and the tang were not in the 30g at the same time. You could tell that even at only
1" the 30g was way to small for the tang and he seemed cramped for space whereas the butterfly seemed fine the whole time he was in there. From that observation I figured butterflies didn't require as much space.

I admitly don't know as much about butterflys/bannerfish as I do about other fish are there certian types that require more space then others? Obviously an 80g would be to small for a 9" butterfly, but I thought it would be ok for one that got to be 5-6". That being said it would probably be 2-3" when I get it and I'd either upgrade the tank or re-home it if it outgrew the 80g.

fishoholic 03-12-2012 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by VFX (Post 692601)
I read your title I thought "wow! that must be one hell of an aiptasia! isn't it usually the other way round?" :lol:

:lol: I had wondered after I posted if it would be taken the wrong way, but by then it was to late to edit and change it.

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Originally Posted by marie (Post 692675)
Just for the record I'm reasonably sure aiptasia did not kill these fish. My copperband eats aiptasia and is still alive and well in my tank after 4 yrs :lol:

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