Butterflies!! Who's got em.... in a Reef.

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I've kept various Butterflies in my reef tanks for years.

My Long Nose didn't touch my corals but harassed my clams.

My Saddle Back would munch on my hammers occasionally & sometimes would forage around the clam's shell but would leave everything else alone.

Ditto the Double Saddle Back I had.

My Racoons didn't touch any corals or clams except for the occasional nibble at my hammers.

My Copperband annoyed my clams but left anything else alone.

My Heniochus Dipherutes was totally fine in my reef & even my Heniochus Acumitatus left my corals alone. The Acumitatus are known for chomping on corals though so i guess I got lucky with that particular one.

The only problems I had was trying to get my Racoon to eat at first but other than that they all ate like pigs (esp. the Heniochus).

I'm planning on trying a C. Auriga in my next tank (definitely not reef safe!)

It'll start as a FOWLR Butterfly-centric tank but I'll slowly introduce corals & if they get nipped I'll just remove them and put them in my reef tank.

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