Burgess Buttefly Fish question

7thheaven · 06/12/2009, 10:43 AM

Hi all~

I bought burgess butterflyfish today.

But I found that this fish looked a little different especially the body color.

I think the reason body color is different is because my butterfly is juv? or this color is natual?

I hope my burgess will get along to other butterflys in my tank

If you want to see more pictures, click this.

http://www.spsholic.com/entry/Burgess-Butterfly-fish

Rare Angels · 06/12/2009, 11:40 AM

There is a local variation of burgess that has a yellow tint to the body, maybe this is what you have. I don't remember the location of this variation.

Where was your collected, do you know?

sly fox · 06/12/2009, 12:43 PM

do your butterflies bother your sps at all?

ironmics · 06/12/2009, 01:31 PM

Do Burgess and Mitratus ever hybrid? Fishbase makes it seem like they don't overlap, but they have no maps. BTW, those are some great looking fish.

LargeAngels · 06/12/2009, 02:27 PM

Rare Angels is right. There is a yellow variant. It's discussed in Scott Michael's Angels and Butterflies book.

dflad · 06/12/2009, 03:55 PM

That the case, there are variations as other have said in the amount of yellow in a burgess.

Miraitus butterflies are notorious for being ill tempered. Good luck with them getting along, i have read unpleasant stories about mixing miriatus with anything remotely similar to them, but you seem to have a declevius too, so it might not be an issue.

The butterflies from the tinker complex do not seem to have a tendency to eat corals like other butterflies. I have a burgess in my SPS only tank and it does not bother my corals, just ate all the aiptasia.

LargeAngels · 06/12/2009, 04:19 PM

The reason I have a burgees is because it was eating corals like crazy in someone else's tank.

7thheaven · 06/14/2009, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rare Angels
There is a local variation of burgess that has a yellow tint to the body, maybe this is what you have. I don't remember the location of this variation.

Where was your collected, do you know?

Hi Rare Angels~

She (I think it's she) is from Indonesia deep sea.

I think I should collect Howaiian burgess too.

7thheaven · 06/14/2009, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sly fox
do your butterflies bother your sps at all?

Hi sly fox

Yes my butterflies pick the SPS polyp very often.

But It is not enough to kill SPS.

My SPS are still growing and coloration is not bad.

If you hate them to bother SPS, I think you should not have them

Thanks

7thheaven · 06/14/2009, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LargeAngels
The reason I have a burgees is because it was eating corals like crazy in someone else's tank.

Hi LargeAngels..

My Butterflies do not seem to love LPS and Softies..

Western_reefer · 06/14/2009, 07:47 PM

Very nice Butterfly fish!! Got a FTS?

Western_reefer · 06/15/2009, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Western_reefer
Got a FTS?

+1

jmaneyapanda · 06/15/2009, 09:42 PM

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So, for the record, "+1"!!

Western_reefer · 06/15/2009, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by jmaneyapanda
Im calling shenanigans!!! ^^^

You cant +1 yourself!

So, for the record, "+1"!!

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06/12/2009, 10:43 AM	#1
7thheaven Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: seoul,korea Posts: 742	Burgess Buttefly Fish question Hi all~ I bought burgess butterflyfish today. But I found that this fish looked a little different especially the body color. I think the reason body color is different is because my butterfly is juv? or this color is natual? I hope my burgess will get along to other butterflys in my tank If you want to see more pictures, click this. http://www.spsholic.com/entry/Burgess-Butterfly-fish Last edited by 7thheaven; 06/12/2009 at 10:51 AM.

06/12/2009, 11:40 AM	#2
Rare Angels Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Appleton, Wi Posts: 816	There is a local variation of burgess that has a yellow tint to the body, maybe this is what you have. I don't remember the location of this variation. Where was your collected, do you know? __________________ Do, or Do Not, There is No Try!!--Yoda Current Tank Info: Currently working on 300 and 250 gallon tanks

06/12/2009, 01:31 PM	#4
ironmics Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Willamette Valley Posts: 99	Do Burgess and Mitratus ever hybrid? Fishbase makes it seem like they don't overlap, but they have no maps. BTW, those are some great looking fish. __________________ "No nation is drunken where wine is cheap, and none sober where the dearness of wine substitutes ardent spirits as the common beverage" Thomas Jefferson Current Tank Info: 10 gal reef overgrown with Macro, quite ugly right now haha.

06/14/2009, 07:47 PM	#11
Western_reefer Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: 70° 17' 59.176"/-83° 6' 27.2768" Posts: 4,431	Very nice Butterfly fish!! Got a FTS? __________________ -Moses Food comes with it's own flavor. Anything that has to steal flavor from other food just so it can have flavor is not a food. That is a napkin. Current Tank Info: 105,991.53 milliliter HQI Nano-Cube mixed reef. Also have 30,283.2943 milliliter Oceanic Bio-Cube.

06/12/2009, 12:43 PM	#3
sly fox Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: im a brit in Tx Posts: 544	do your butterflies bother your sps at all?

06/12/2009, 02:27 PM	#5
LargeAngels Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 3,081	Rare Angels is right. There is a yellow variant. It's discussed in Scott Michael's Angels and Butterflies book.

06/12/2009, 03:55 PM	#6
dflad Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Thousand Oaks, Ca 91320 Posts: 668	That the case, there are variations as other have said in the amount of yellow in a burgess. Miraitus butterflies are notorious for being ill tempered. Good luck with them getting along, i have read unpleasant stories about mixing miriatus with anything remotely similar to them, but you seem to have a declevius too, so it might not be an issue. The butterflies from the tinker complex do not seem to have a tendency to eat corals like other butterflies. I have a burgess in my SPS only tank and it does not bother my corals, just ate all the aiptasia.

06/12/2009, 04:19 PM	#7
LargeAngels Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan Posts: 3,081	The reason I have a burgees is because it was eating corals like crazy in someone else's tank.

06/15/2009, 09:42 PM	#13
jmaneyapanda Commencing hatred Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 3,750	Im calling shenanigans!!! ^^^ You cant +1 yourself! So, for the record, "+1"!!