Blackback Butterfly and Corals?

[imagine7070]

Hi everyone, I just picked up my first butterfly fish and he seems to be doing well so far. I have only a sand button polyp in my tank as the only coral and the butterfly fish has been nipping at it so much that it looks like the coral has no hope.

I know the butterfly fish is not very "reef safe", but my question is.... Do you know of any corals that I can keep that the blackback butterfly won't harm? This was the last fish that I was going to put in the tank and then I wanted to start putting coral in, but if the butterfly will kill everything I put it, that's just sad.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[Diver_1298]

I am borrowing this link from Amcarrig.
Marine Compatability Chart
Hope this helps.

Jim

[imagine7070]

Thanks, but it doesn't talk too much about the different types of corals, just fish. Any other ideas?

[Tangster]

Originally Posted by imagine7070

Hi everyone, I just picked up my first butterfly fish and he seems to be doing well so far. I have only a sand button polyp in my tank as the only coral and the butterfly fish has been nipping at it so much that it looks like the coral has no hope.

I know the butterfly fish is not very "reef safe", but my question is.... Do you know of any corals that I can keep that the blackback butterfly won't harm? This was the last fish that I was going to put in the tank and then I wanted to start putting coral in, but if the butterfly will kill everything I put it, that's just sad.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Short answer for that butterfly "No". Only butterfly I have ever kept with corals is the Australian copper band. Noe just any pacific ne either just the ones from the waters around Australia . I once questioned this myself and just put a copper band in a reef LOL he went to work as if he was pre-programmed (: Like was his job to eat my corals LOL he had to go..