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Im looking to get a copperband butterfly, how many of you guys have yours in a reef tank? Its a sort of debatable fish whether it is reef safe or not. I really love the way they look but worried about all of my corals.

Are there any butterflies or angelfish that I can safely keep in a reef tank and not worry that it will one day wake up and start tasting my corals?
 
i have a copper band with zoos, a hammer coral, a bubbble coral, a bubble tip anenome, a brain type coral, some pulsing xenias, assorted mushrooms, a pagota, some ricordias, a tongue coral, and some assorted feather dusters. He does not bother any of them, just pics at the rocks. he has not messed with any of them from what i can tell.
 
As with any fish that is questionable its a hit and miss individual thing... some do great don't mess with anything, others don't. More frequently, some behave for a time or years, then become problem children. Same goes for some of the blue throat triggers etc...

They are 'more' reef safe, but it will be a hit and miss thing.
 
@DaveJ wrote:
As with any fish that is questionable its a hit and miss individual thing... some do great don't mess with anything said:
This is exactly correct. Usually they are OK. Clams are 50/50 but everythin else is ore like 90/10 safe.

My current one likes to take out astreas every now and again.
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All angels from the Genicanthus family are considered to be reef safe. The other interesting thing about these angels is that you can keep a male/female pair together. I have a female Lamark that I have had for a few years. Never had a problem but with her nipping at corals and I have 4 clams, zoas, rics and shrooms.
 
I HAD A CBB FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS NEVER HARMED A CORAL. THE ONLY PROBLEM I RAN INTO WAS FEEDING. THE ONLY THING I COULD GET MINE TO EAT WAS BRINE SHRIMP AND THAT WAS IT. HE SLOWLY DWINDLED AWAY ON MY GETTING SKINNER AND SKINNER. I LOST HIM JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND IT STILL HAS NOT SUNK IN YET. PROBABLY MY LAST TIME KEEPING ONE UNTIL MY TANK HAS BEEN SET UP FOR A FEW YEARS OR SO.

IT REALLY SUCKS CAUSE I GOT REALLY ATTACHED TO HIM.
 
I was thinking of getting one also, to whittle down my aptasia garden. I also think they are very cool looking fish, but have always heard they are hard to feed once all the apts are gone. I've got a small rock that is covered with aptasia. I thought I'd keep it in the QT tank to use to trap the CBB once he's cleared the display of aptasia. Then move him on to another tank. I know you can't trap a fish that won't eat, but I figure you might lure a CBB into a trap with a nice juicy Apt Rock.
 
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