awesome, I think that would make for an excellent tank. I am going to run a big reef octopus skimmer on it since I don't have to devote a ton of money to this system. Can anyone help me picking out some butterflies as I have only had a pearlscale so I don't have much experience with them. I have put together a list of what butterflies seem to be the easiest to keep and would work on my system if you all could helo me narrow it down further that would be great.
Heniochus (May get to big?)
Auriga
longnose
saddleback (not sure about this one)
Vagabond
Organge (Kleini)
Pakistan
Double Saddle
Tahitian
Pearscale
Yellow pyramid
again not wanting to add all these but try to pick out 5-6 specimens that are the hardiest and would do the best in the setup I intend to run.
Generally, with butterflies you don't have too many compatibility issues. I would tesnd to keep away from a longnose, because they can be tough to feed. Most of the others can be trained to eat just about anything.
Butterflies are generally not reef safe, so they often get neglected with most people wanting a reef system. That's too bad, because they are a fantastic looking fish.
A few of my favorites from the "time before reef systems" are -
Raccoon - Just about indestructible
Auriga - A bit more subtle in color that some of the others
Four Eyed - An Atlantic species. Difficult to get to feed and to keep, consider it a challenge
Spotfin - Another Atlantic species not too hard to keep
Banded butterfly - another indestructible species, not seen too often today in LFS
