Copper Band Butterfly

Tank: 75g
Sump: 20g long
Protein Skimmer: Sealife Style not sure which but it works great.
Rock: About 100lbs live fiji
Sand: Almost 2 inches at its highest point aragonite live sand
Fish: 2 Clowns 1 lemon peel mimic tang 2 blue damsels 1 striped cardinal 1 bicolor blenny 1 peppermint shrimp about 5 hermit crabs 4 snails 1 anenome and a few corals.
Lights: PC 4 96w bulbs 2 white 2 blue
Power Head: 2 of them not sure the name brand but they create very good current.
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: between 0 and 5.0
Ammonia: 0
Alk:10.5
Calcium: 475
Magnesium: 1500
Salinity: .026
PH: 8.2

I been thinking about getting a Copper Band Butterfly fish so I posted the above that tells you what I have and my water levels will it be a good buy.
I know that it may like to pick on Anenomes but the one that I have is a huge BTA dont think it would pick on it and my refugium has been breeding copepods and amphipods which should be a good thing.

If someone thinks I should not get this fish please give me an idea of a colorful fish I could get that would thrive in my tank.

 

Most Butterflyfish would pick on and kill your anemone. Also with that tang /damsels in such a small tank they would probably harass this fish and they do not do well in stressful situations. Considering you have some aggresive fish my suggestion would be a Neon Dottyback. Cool fish that can handle themselves.

 

Was looking for something a little bigger maybe to grow about 8 to 9 inches.

 

Marine betta

 

Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Marine Betta


this fish loves live food and may eat all your smaller fish careful he is so pretty i wish he would just eat what we give them if so there would be one in my little reef;D

 

I think two 8 inch fish in that tank may be pushing it.

 

Marine Beta hmn very beautiful fish I may look into that

 

That is a grouper and will eat any fish it can fit in its mouth. It is nocturnal and requires hiding places to provide it shelter from bright lighting, being more active at dusk. It will also eat shrimp and crabs. Not a good reef dweller.

 

Here's what LA says about the Marine Betta.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15 46 364&pcatid=364

 

In my experience Copper bands won't really pick on anemones that are not Aipstasia.

I've had 2 copperbands in my tank to get rid of my pest anemones. I also have 3 green bubble tips and none where touched by them.
I traded them after they took care of the anemone problem. ( had them for about a year or so)

Copperbands do well in tanks as small as 55G, so I believe it shouldn't be a real problem. The tank has to be really well established, and they are definitely not for beginners.