[chriss]

Well happy now my new butterflies are in the tank...



both the zoster and the longirostris seem to have made instant friends with the resident copperband.

Thanks for looking after them Lindsay.

Chris

[lindsay]

Cool m8,enjoyed looking after them,both fish were confident with very good appetites .

[lindsay]

Should add they all look amazing together chris,cool .

[deany]

hi reef safe are the Longnose butterflyfish m8 i was just looking at 1 today.

[chriss]

Hi Deany, there are two varieties of long nosed butterflies, flavissimus and longirostris. The latter tends to have a longer beak and is sometimes known as the 'giant long nosed butterfly'. It is generally regarded as more reef safe than the flavissimus which can take to lps, unfortunately it is not so common and I'm not sure how you could tell the difference when looking at one in a shop tank. But that is not to say you would have a problem with a flavissimus since each fish and tank combination varies.

From what I've read, with most of the safer butterflies keeping them well fed on tasty food is the key.....in theory!

Check out reef central for more info.

Chris

[TrevC]

Lovely pair Chris.
CB looks fit and healthy too.

[chriss]

Thanks. The copperband is pretty fat, must be over feeding him!

Chris

[SLAPPY]

How often do you feed the tank Chris and what do you feed the tank with?

[chriss]

Two cubes and some pellet in the morning, then another two or three cubes with more pellets after work till lights out. At the weekend they tend to get a bit more or if I pop home at lunchtime during the week. I add lipovit and immuvit to the frozen which is always thoroughly rinsed. I think there are about 20 fish in the tank now and they are always hungry.

[deany]

chriss, on May 15 2010, 08:32 AM, said:

Hi Deany, there are two varieties of long nosed butterflies, flavissimus and longirostris. The latter tends to have a longer beak and is sometimes known as the 'giant long nosed butterfly'. It is generally regarded as more reef safe than the flavissimus which can take to lps, unfortunately it is not so common and I'm not sure how you could tell the difference when looking at one in a shop tank. But that is not to say you would have a problem with a flavissimus since each fish and tank combination varies.

From what I've read, with most of the safer butterflies keeping them well fed on tasty food is the key.....in theory!

Check out reef central for more info.

Chris

m8 thanks for that info ill get onto reefcentral there lovely fish you have there.