Butterflyfish in Soft Tank

Tuxedo · Jul 17, 2019

Hello All
I'm looking to add one more fish into my mushrooms tank. Does anyone here has experience with any butterfly with mushrooms? I'm interested with this guy here in my mushrooms garden.

https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/1315/?pcatid=1315 (Atlantic Longnose Butterflyfish)

Thanks

pcon · Jul 17, 2019

Every butterfly is different any is somewhat liable to go after corals, softies and corallimorphs generally are the top of the list of at risk corals, along with acans and other brain corals. My burgess is fine with, but certainly interested in, mushrooms. Prognathodes are somewhat safer than the roaops but still a risk. Repudily the true Roa are even safer but they are uglier and rarer. That being said every individual butterfly is different you need to be willing to say I want this fish more than I want that coral, or be willing to tear apart the tank to get them out.

Angel_Anthias lover · Jul 17, 2019

If you do get one of those butterflies please share photos lol there are very little out there on them, and nothing to add from what pcon has said

Tuxedo · Jul 17, 2019

Thanks pcon. I see your point. I always love fish more than corals, but my wife has "sponsored" most of the mushrooms in my tank now. Decision time!

jx fang · Jul 17, 2019

Be prepared for the worst.
My golden butterflyfish ate 50% of my mushrooms.
Although the fish eat everything else I put in the tank.
I think none of my mushrooms will survive longterm.

JMM744 · Jul 18, 2019

I almost bought that fish. Real beauty. Stays small too.
I have a teardrop, saddleback, pyramid and Klein’s so far in a 180 fish only.
I have a blue ridge colony, Brandi’s palys, blue mushrooms, a colony of common montipora and 2 small areas of sps that encrusted. All theses are growing with no harm so far. My large colony of chalice was ignored for months and was growing when the Klein’s finally took an interest. It took about a month to be totally destroyed. Roll the dice. Nothing in my tank is going to cause concern if it gets eaten.
I have sinularia and mushroom rocks and some toadstools that will eventually be added to this same tank. As I add new butterflies it will be interesting to see what survives.

Tuxedo · Jul 18, 2019

After hearing all the stories from you guys, I might stay away from it. We have a few moderate-end mushrooms in our tank (like interstellar and will adding high-end mushrooms in future), we definitely don't wanna risk it. Or else, my wife will stop "sponsoring" or/and throw me into the washing machine LOL.

@jx fang. That is a beautiful golden butterflyfish. I would love to have one of those.