Reef Safe Butterfly Fish?? 50g max

Looking for any experience housing a reef safe butterfly fish. (one that will not eat coral or pivk in inverts)

 

Copper band butterfly, but they do like clams.

 

to be honest its a guessing game i have a friend with a copperband in his reef tank and it does nothing to his corals. But i know another guy that put another in his tank and it started eating everything. So i guess its a crap shoot.

 

moved to fish board...

 

Try a yellow pyramid butterfly. They are said to be the only true "reef safe" butterfly. Others have had success with copperbands or longnose butterfly fish in reef tanks as well, though these tend to pick on featherdusters and occasionally on other corals.

 

yeah those and Zoster but 100g max. I only have 50g

 

Well I checked and here's what drs F&S said for a reef safe butterfly for 50g..

Copperband: Reef compatible - with caution, Difficult care level, Peaceful, 8"
Orange Butterflyfish: Reef compatible - with caution, Difficult care level, Peaceful, 6"
Pakistan Butterflyfish: Reef compatible - with caution, Moderate care level, Peaceful, 7"
Tahitian Butterflyfish: Reef compatible - with caution, moderate, Peaceful, 6"
Mertensii Butterflyfish: reef compatible - with caution, moderate care, 6"

The only other butterflies I saw were non-reef-compatible..

 

Hey thanks for researching Sean. the search contunues. lol

 

Not he Pakistani. It nips at hard corals. At least in the wild, and should not be kept if you have hard corals in your reef tank.

 

lol. No problem. Good luck. Most seem to be reef compatible only with caution..