Longnose butterfly reef safe?

[BryanF]

I spontaneously bought a longnose butterfly at aquamart the other day. After doing some research I've seen mixed opinions as to them nipping at sps. Liveaquaria says reef safe "with caution", hate that classification. Just wondering if anyone here has any experience with this fish.

He will be in quarantine for a few weeks so I have some time to decide. Any experience you can share is much appreciated!

 

[sethsolomon]

They have a high chance of nipping clams as well.

 

[CRW Reef]

I would pm djkms I believe he had one in his 125 maybe in his new tank even I don't know.

 

[ialtalal]

Not reef safe at all. Bought one and nipped at my scoly

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[djkms]

Mine never bothered anything when I had my 125. Full blown mixed Reef.

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[MartinsReef]

Like anything else, you never know what they will do. Each fish has it own personality. One could be a good citizen and the next can be a terror!

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[fishguy69]

Keep it well fed so that it doesn't need to look elsewhere for food. Most of the times this works even for dwarf angels.

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[BryanF]

Kind if funny ialtalal's was a terror and djkms' never mothered anything. Such a cool looking fish, I want to put him in but hate the idea of trying to get him out if he causes problems.

 

[bsharpe]

Stick some zoas in there and see what he does. They are really attractive fish.

 

[ialtalal]

So what did you end up doing with the fish?

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[BryanF]

So what did you end up doing with the fish?

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He's still in quarantine but I think I'm going to give him a try. He developed a funky cauliflower thing on his fins which isn't reacting to copper or medication. Can anyone identify this, sorry bad cell pictures:

 

[djkms]

Hard to tell from the pics but the way you describe it, lymphocystis.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/saltwaterfishdiseases/a/aalymphocystis.htm

http://wetwebmedia.com/virdislymphf.htm

 

[BryanF]

Thanks for the link. Sure don't like that prognosis if that's what it is!

 

[djkms]

I had lympho show up on a Bellus Angel I had a few years back. IME its not deadly, nor any real issue. It typically goes away on its own and when it did for me, it never came back. Even though they state its contagious, I never seen it spread to another fish.

 

[BryanF]

I know water quality is much better in my display which will be better for this fish, id hate to see it spread though..