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Old 12/18/2007, 03:57 AM
suta4242 suta4242 is offline
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semilarvatus butterfly + soft corals

I am in the process of setting up a tank to be dominated by soft corals.

Has anyone here introduced a semilarvatus butterfly to such a tank?

How would you rate his overall damage and which were his favourite edible corals?
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Old 12/18/2007, 07:14 AM
mattsilvester mattsilvester is offline
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since you've had not other replies, my offering might kick start things

I came very close to getting a pair of these fish before. My dealer has alot of personal experience with these fish - they are his favourite and he has kept a few over time.

The general concensus was that certain soft corals would be ok - the majority of hard corals would not.

Those which would be ok would include te majority of leather corals & star polyps - as these are very "tasty" ..........

These fish are big - very big......... so if they do decide to attack anything they are going to do alot of damage in a short period of time....
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