Butterfly fish and anemone

[xioxxio]

Hi,

which butterfly fish eat anemone? I dont want to buy an anemone only for it to be butterfly fish food

Thanks

[snorvich]

I don't think any of them will eat an anemone. Best reef safe butterfly is the yellow pyramid.

[ssavader]

Are you referring to Mojano anemones or aptasia, as opposed to anemones like Bubble Tips?

[nikon187]

copperband, raccoon, long nose..

all eat pest anemones and most of the time coral too

[suta4242]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but plenty of butterflys will gladly eat anemones.:eek2:


Your best bet is to either get planktivores or keep an aggressive pair of clowns in the anemone.I'm thinking in particular of GSM or similar.




good luck!

[fish042099]

I'm going to keep a pair of maroon clowns with a bta and pyramid butterflyfish in my 100g. Most of those butterfly's like raccoon and falcula just tear nems up. I suggest get a pyramid for a reef tank, or even if you just have a few inverts tha you want to keep safe.

[SDguy]

I'm going to keep a pair of maroon clowns with a bta and pyramid butterflyfish in my 100g. Most of those butterfly's like raccoon and falcula just tear nems up. I suggest get a pyramid for a reef tank, or even if you just have a few inverts tha you want to keep safe.

IMO a 100g is too small for a pyramid with a maroon pair. Clowns are especially aggressive towards butterflies because most do eat nems... not sure a pair of maroons would take the time to notice it's a planktivorous species :) . Plus, they are large-ish, active swimmers. I had a zoster in my 150 for a while, and it looked cramped.