That's what a lot of people do, is rent out the copper
banded butterfly fish.

I myself don't stock the butterfly fish because they are
hard to keep, and I don't like selling something that
can't be kept. But a lot of stores sell them, and will
rent them out to you.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



MarkW wrote on 10/21/2006 7:48 PM:
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 23:41:27 GMT, Wayne Sallee
wrote:

You mean "pick on coral" :-)

Yep they can, sometimes, and yes the butterfly is often
difficult to get to feed. The peppermint shrimp will only
eat the small aiptasia, and the butterfly will eat all
that he can see.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



MarkW wrote on 10/21/2006 7:30 PM:
I am considering getting either a Peppermint Shrimp or a Coral Banded
(I believe that is the name) Butterfly fish. The only downside I've
heard is down the line the butterfly fish is hard to feed. As well,
are there any long term side affects of keeping the shrimp or
butterfly fish or are they something I'd have to get rid of? I have
heard they can pick up coral and all I have are blue mushrooms.
Yeah, I mean 'pick on coral' I have a lot of aiptasia, some fairly
large. For a 120 gallon tank how many Peppermint shrimp would I need?
I have a fish store I deal with often so I will check with them to see
if I could return a Butterfly fish to them. I'm not sure if that's
something that is done often.