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Heniochus diphreutes; HI
1/29/14 Bluestripe or Fremblii Butterfly... Using WWM - 1/2/08 I am considering adding a Bluestripe Butterfly to my established FOWLR tank. <Is a neat Hawaiian endemic...> Inhabitants include a Hippo Tang, Yellow Tang, Flame Angel, clowns, Royal Gramma and a Mandarin. Will a Bluestripe co-exist with these fish? <Likely so... if there's enough room, cover... at least a hundred gallons...> What is the temperament of a BSB. Will it devour all the pods-thus starving the mandarin? <Maybe> What is the general care of these fish? <Posted> I am getting the sense that they are hard to come by-any thoughts on this. <Not all that common on the reef, in the trade...> Thanks for your help and have a great year. Steve <Please use the search tool here: http://wetwebmedia.com/WWMAdminSubWebIndex/question_page.htm per the instructions in writing, asking us questions. Bob Fenner> Klein's butterfly fish Hello Bob Didn't expect to be asking you another question so soon, but I just got finished reading your latest article in FAMA, so here goes. Are Klein's butterfly fish considered fairly reef-safe? <IMO/E yes> I have never heard them mentioned with the reef-safe butterflies. <A rare B/F in the hobby... Only found in Hawai'i, and only in limited numbers> You mentioned that will eat Aiptasia anemones in reef systems. While I don't have a problem with the anemones, I can think of no other fish to make a captive coral system look more realistic than a REAL butterfly. It would be going into a fully loaded [with coral] 180 gal. reef. Do you think it would work? <Yes, worth trying in this setting> By the way I really enjoy your articles & FAMA magazine. Keep up the good work, and thanks a million <Ah. Do read over the mass of Butterfly articles, FAQs accumulated here: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/BFsBestWrst.htm and beyond. Bob Fenner> Joe Aloha! (Errors in Hawaiian B/F article!) Hey there Bob ..
Howzit? I was reading through your Hawaiian fishes article in the
latest FAMA and had a few questions. <Thanks for this input Charles.
Haven't seen the most recent ish> I think you got the two
longnosed butterflyfishes names confused, the true longnose with the
very long nose is F. longirostris, not F. flavissimus as you stated.
<Yikes, what a goof-up... will have to check original... it's
posted on our WWM site: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/bstbfshi.htm Mmm,
seem to have them right there... oh boy> I was wondering how often
you have seen C. trifascialis in the main Hawaiian Islands?
<Let's see... never to my recollection. In looking at my slides
of the species: Aquarium, Heron Is. QLD, Seychelles, Red Sea...
Probably listed to make listing complete... data from fishbase.org>
I have never seen it, though it does occur in the Northwest Hawaiian
Islands around stands of Acropora on which it feeds. Is this a fish
that collectors would travel up there for or do they find them around
here? Just curious ... <Never shipped out of Hawai'i as far as
I'm aware... In fact, over the thirty or so years that I am
familiar with, very few Butterflyfishes are regularly offered out of
your home State... Diver pay is about 75 cents each for most
species...> Hope all is well in Sun Diego! <Yes my friend, hope
to see, chat with you soon. Bob Fenner> Aloha!
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