Butterfly Fish Safe?

[prue07]

Hi everyone, just wanting to know opinions;

Back to my terrible two female bettas, (if your not familiar with the story, they recently attacked and killed 5 guppies that i introduced to my tank), i'm wanting to add two (or three) freshwater butterfly fish to my 180 liter tank. Just wondering if anyone thinks my siamese girls will attack them?? I dont want to take the risk in buying them to simply see what happens. Its just that what i know from butterfly fish, they're relatively stationary. I dont know if my girls will nip their fins?

P.s i didnt know if this was better placed in 'betta's' or oddballs, as i kinda classify butterfly fish as oddballs, they are so unfamiliar to me!!

 

[nmonks]

The short answer is don't mix anything nippy/aggressive with Pantodon. It's just not worth it. Pantodon are easily spooked and tricky sometimes to get settled in and feeding.

Cheers, Neale

 

[lucky62]

I'm thinking the butterflies will eat your bettas eventually .................on the other hand they [ butterfly fish ] are known to jump when spooked [ mine did ] .