The House of Orange

[1ocean]

ah...coffee time here..... I know ,,,I know,,,I been away.......sorry....there was too much going on in my world....it is calming down....some now....some major adjustments.....the 300 is doing good. zoa's have been multiplying like wabbits....Girl is happy about that....lots of bambams...ORANGE SOMEONES FAV COLOR ON THIS THREAD HAHAH....maybe around 500 polyps or more in total .... in few locations.. 50 stratospheres or more in one spot...$$$$$ started with 2...

 

[Fish Styx]

ah...coffee time here..... I know ,,,I know,,,I been away.......sorry....there was too much going on in my world....it is calming down....some now....some major adjustments.....the 300 is doing good. zoa's have been multiplying like wabbits....Girl is happy about that....lots of bambams...ORANGE SOMEONES FAV COLOR ON THIS THREAD HAHAH....maybe around 500 polyps or more in total .... in few locations.. 50 stratospheres or more in one spot...$$$$$ started with 2...

I'm glad to hear you're doing well! I was thinking about you yesterday and popped in over at your place.

 

[tbrown]

Good morning, Heathens and happy Hump Day!

Do any of you have any experience with marginally "reef safe" butterflies? I really don't want to sentence another CBB to death, and options for other Chelmon sp. are fairly limited. I'm considering a specimen from the Chaetodon complex for aip control, but have heard mixed feedback regarding their propensity to dine on stony coral polyps. Any input here would be greatly appreciated, specifically as it pertains to C. kleinii or C. auriga.

Many thanks in advance!

Namaste

No experience but I've heard good reviews on the kleinii and have considered one in the past when the 125 was running and overrun.

 

[JoJosReef]

Good morning, Heathens and happy Hump Day!

Do any of you have any experience with marginally "reef safe" butterflies? I really don't want to sentence another CBB to death, and options for other Chelmon sp. are fairly limited. I'm considering a specimen from the Chaetodon complex for aip control, but have heard mixed feedback regarding their propensity to dine on stony coral polyps. Any input here would be greatly appreciated, specifically as it pertains to C. kleinii or C. auriga.

Many thanks in advance!

Namaste

No experience with butterflies, just lots of reading. Chaetodon isn't the worst of the lot but still in the category of "just a matter of time". The most reef safe is meant to be Hemitaurichthys, the pyramid butterflies. I don't know how well they do with Aip control, though, and I find their colors/patterns a bit drab. Maybe @i cant think has some info on this?

 

[Slocke]

@Fishfreak2009 is the butterfly expert though he’s not on that often. He does have an article though

 

[mjszos]

So much for my plans to get the stand setup before my helpers got here....

This thing is over 6 feet tall, and the stand is in the middle box!

 

[LadyMac]

So much for my plans to get the stand setup before my helpers got here....

This thing is over 6 feet tall, and the stand is in the middle box!

Oh I wanna play!

 

[mjszos]

Oh I wanna play!

Grease up the guns - I'm not a weak guy and I can't muscle the sump off of there myself.