Debating to go Fowlr
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Not sure on training them, but im a believer in keeping a fish well fed and it should avoid coral nipping. Now thats not 100% either, you could always get a fish who just loves the taste of certain corals, but you cant know until you have one.
Im in the same boat... I would love to have several fish that just cant be in a reef, so I decided to do the 125 a fowlr and keep my 30gal reef tank running. Now i can have big & not reef safe fish in that tank... so just get both!
Im in the same boat... I would love to have several fish that just cant be in a reef, so I decided to do the 125 a fowlr and keep my 30gal reef tank running. Now i can have big & not reef safe fish in that tank... so just get both!
gtbarsi
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Most FOWLR tanks tend to have high bioloads compared to mixed reef. Adding one in to a mixed reef sump is not something I would recommend unless the sump was designed with the addition in mind, and has a REALLY awesome nutrient export plan. Going too far or too fast in either direction with regard to the nutrients in the water will cause serious havoc for the corals, way before any fish would be effected. Potentially coral die off could trigger a crash of the entire system and both tanks. So think it out and take it really slow.
Mike J.
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It's obvious from the responses that they have not kept a Raccoon Butterfly. They pick on Cnidarian corals all day long. There are few fish that are worse to keep with corals. I've seen mine eat a coral and shake it head because it stung it so bad, and it loves it. I think even if you stood there all day long and hand fed it it would still prefer to eat a Cnidarian. Yes, we can hand feed ours. Raccoon also take very special care. They are very timid and don't tolerate bullying at all. They require a special diet and if not fed correctly they will slowly starve to death over about a years time. I'm sure there a thousands of Raccoons that have been killed in the aquarium trade by improper care.
Mike J.
2500 Club Member
Well, Live Aquaria rates it as an "easy" fish. I'd like to know how many fish keepers out there have kept one for more than two years? Also, don't be shy, how many have had one die on them? We feed ours fresh seafood and have an aiptasia grow out tank so it has enough aiptasia.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-68767-racoon-butterfly.jpg
http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-68767-racoon-butterfly.jpg
