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[moogoomoogoo]

Has anyone had much luck with the Red Sea Golden butterfly. If so, what did you feed it and how often. Any tricks to acclimate it?

[montepora]

Hi,

I have one for about 5 years in a reef tank. I took it out last year because it developed taste for my coral polyps. Before that, it was eating only flake which I tried hard to get it start.

I got it as a small juvy, about 2". It started feeding when I use the mussel, cut off the meat and let it pick the remain on the shell. Then I use nori then flake.

It is healthy and still loves flake but I want to hold it a bit longer before send it back to the main tank.

The trick is to obtain a healthy speicmen and lots of patience.

HTH!