Heniochus Diphreutes

[ZBT3091]

I have been thinking about some stocking plans for my 75 reef and have some questions about Heniochus Diphreutes. First, is it difficult to get a diphreutes and be certain that it is the reef safe heniochus and not the acuminatus? Second, can I stock a pair in a 75 without fighting between conspecifics? Thanks
Zach

 

[D1J8Z]

id say Liveaquaria will make sure u got the right one

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

After you finish your research on the fish why not try one of the many MR vendors and sponsors and see what they can do for you.

 

[ZBT3091]

will do. My question is if i can house two of them if introduced simultaneously in a 75. Other inhabitants will be a dwarf angel (likely a flame, possibly a coral beauty) and some smaller fish such as chromis, an amblyeleotris goby(s), a fairy wrasse and maybe an anthia. Corals are LPS, softies, polyps and mushrooms.

 

[JasonE]

I have been thinking about some stocking plans for my 75 reef and have some questions about Heniochus Diphreutes. First, is it difficult to get a diphreutes and be certain that it is the reef safe heniochus and not the acuminatus? Second, can I stock a pair in a 75 without fighting between conspecifics? Thanks
Zach

Though they are often touted as being reef safe, diphreutes will often pick, so I'd steer clear of them.

 

[reefman]

dwarf angel (likely a flame, possibly a coral beauty)

same as what jason said

 

[ZBT3091]

i think im going to take the chance and go with the heniochus. Many professionals claim they are pretty reef safe, and im stubborn enough to chance it. I didnt want to make another thread, so ill post on this one. Im basically finishing up my "stocking list". I wanted to know if this is reasonable and appropriate for my tank, i dont want anything dying. My tank is a 75. Coralife 125 superskimmer. One five gal fuge, one ten gal. 110 Lbs lr. 75 lbs live sand. My tank is finally done cycling. I have two ocellaris clowns. I would like to add: two heniochus diphreutes, one kole tang, two golden head sleeper gobies, two neon gobies, one sixline wrasse or some kind of flasher or fairy wrasse. Is this tank over stocked?? Could i add a pair of lyretail anthias? What should i do to modify if there is something awry.

 

[DontXtripNfall]

NWA gets these in frequently but im not sure you'd wanna pay that price

 

[michael stern]

You might also want to look at the masked bannerfish, Heniochus monoceras.

 

[ellebelle]

Whether or not the tank is "overstocked" depends partially on what kind of corals (if any) you are going to keep in it. The tang and the two butterflies will get fairly large and add a lot to your bioload. Not necessarily a problem if you are going to keep softies and LPS but it could be an issue if you want to keep SPS.

Though I have to echo what Jason said - just because the "experts" say that they won't pick doesn't mean it is true. In the wild, they have plenty of food to pick out of crevices. Your tank is not going to have the same proportion of natural foods, so even if they don't pick on corals in the wild it doesn't mean that they won't resort to picking on corals in your tank.

I put in a butterfly that all the experts said picks only on softies and gorgonians and it's slowly eating all of my acros. And my acans. And pretty much anything it can pick on except for softies and gorgonians.

 

[ZBT3091]

i plan on keeping lps, mushrooms and zoas