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Hello Charles. Pardon me for divirting this thread a little bit, but this is the closest my searches have brought me to answering this question: I've seen a certain Chaetodont in the big display reef aquarium at the Waikiki aquarium. It appears to be either C. ulietensis or C. falcula. {Tough for me to determine from the small pics I have seen}. Which is it? Do you find this fish to be reef compatible? If so, do you feel it's compatibility in that display is due to it's very large size? Thanks in advance for a reply.delbeek":27rbhqpb said:JimN: Although groupers could be easily housed in a reef tank, the problem in my mind is not compatability but suitability. Do you feel it appropriate to purchase a fish who's final size can be over two feet when full grown in a 500 gallon or smaller tank? Although there are some grouper relatives that stay smaller, the ones most commonly seen for sale are juveniles of the megafish types.
If you stick with SPS corals only, then there are several species of butterflyfish and angelfish that can be housed in a reef tank. When you start adding LPS, soft corals and zoanthids, then your range narrows down VERY quickly.
My 2 cents worth.
Aloha!
Charles
Charles- if you're still subscribing to this thread, I'm very curious to find out if your C. ulietensis is housed with any anemones or large polyp stony corals.delbeek":1dy298mb said:It is a C. ulietensis. We have had it for 16 years. It does not bother stony corals but has gone after Xenia and Clavularia, though it did not like the taste of the Xenia. :lol:
I can not vouch for the behaviour of other individuals but this one has been fine for us.
Aloha!
Charles