Butterflies!:)

Im ready to take it up a notch:) I finnaly got my new and my first job in highschool and i want to save up a bunch but once and a while i wanna take a chunk out on occasions and get some pricier nicer fish, and when i went to bird world they had a bunch of new butterfly fish but i have heard that they arent easy. Have any of you had or has a butterfly fish of any kind? Which ones do you reccomend? What has a easy diet and can live with a small sailfin tang, 6 line wrasse, cleaner shrimp, corals, clownfish, fire fish? Here are some that i like but i havent reasearched:

Currently - small hermits, snails, Corals - Dragon eyes, cloves, frogspawn, chalice, and some softie purple leather that i dont know the name of. Future( hopefully) - Anemone, urchin, flame scallop, more cleanup crew

Well what im getting at is are there any that can do ok in my tank?

There is always some risk in adding butterflyfish in a reef. All 3 species you listed can be successfully added (with caution). They will eat polychaete worms, including christmas tree worms. Most butterflyfishes are more likely to nip at SPS and LPS. Just keep an eye on the fish and corals if it picks at live coral it needs to be removed. Feeding small amounts several times a day usually helps.

Cool! Thanks Adam!:) YEa, Bird world and pet village had a bunch of Heniochus and they were tiny:) I also saw a long nose at fish 4 u. I want to see a copper band butterfly in real life since i haven't but where do the sell them? I just want to see you know - how they swim, their real size, bla, bla, nla. Just because i havnt seen one. My cleaner shrimp is freaking massive, i think that if i get a small copperband (in the future) I might be safe:)

Akira wrote: Tanner best advice on these fish is ....... Take a really cute girl out an a date !!!!! then u can always show her what u already have ! Just my 02 man :)

So i have bought a copperband yesterday. I watched him eat at the lfs. When i got home i tried feeding him frozen brine and he doesnt  want it:P I also tried nori, he checks it out but doesnt want it. anyone who has a copperband what are you feeding yours? maybe mine jsut still needs to get used to the tank.

I heard they will also eat blood worms..... (i think thats what they are called) but do i have to buy them alive or can they be the dried up ones?

tfmreefs wrote: I heard they will also eat blood worms..... (i think thats what they are called) but do i have to buy them alive or can they be the dried up ones?

Also just jumping in here. Pyramid butterflies will do great in most any reef tank, however size does become an issue with them. A 55 gallon is probably a bit too small to house one comfortably since they aren't often seen on the retail end of things smaller than about 4.5". A copperband could be a great choice however they are notorious for being picky eaters or sometimes just refusing to eat. I have had two, and the longest lived went for about 5 months before refusing to eat anymore and just wasting away. Henochious are your best choice here IMO. They are easy to keep, readily accept prepared foods and are beautiful and (mostly) well behaved.