Thanks for the heads up ,Pat. I know these fish are delicate also. Just want a fish that's not already doomed. I'll try again,just hate watching these animals die in my care. I'll have to be patient and keep my eyes open .
I'm not saying you shouldn't try livequaria for a butterfly. I'm also not saying it will definitely work out.
I ordered two Butterflies from Liveaquaria when I ordered. The Spotband Butterfly and a small Auriga Butterfly.
I wanted to do that because I definitely wanted a small Auriga so it wouldn't be aggressive to my other Butterflies.
As you know, the Spotband butterfly lasted under 48 hours, but the Auriga is still alive and doing very well.
In fact, in my prior tank, many of my fish and corals were from liveaquaria and I didn't lose any of them.
Spotband Butterflies are also cheap by saltwater fish standards--$30 on liveaquaria, although shipping adds to it.
But, I get the emotional component of not wanting to have more losses. I feel very fortunate I got my tank to work out like I did.