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Good luck Matt. Let me know how it goes!

sid, I guess Heniochus is a genus, and there are a whole bunch of species. It sounds like acuminatus and diphreutes are the most common species, though I'm reading conflicting reports on whether acuminatus is reef safe. :-/
 
I like 6-lines. Have never had them be aggressive with other fish either, but that seems to be atypical.

I really like the leopard wrasse. Have never kept one. Too paranoid about being sure it eats.
 
Norman
I recently pickup a Macropharyngodon bipartitus(blue star leopard) Just make sure the leopard wrasse is eating at the store. This guy was eating brine at the LFS.
 
There is a guy selling a leopard wrasse in Milpitas. His looks healthy and he has it for a while. very nice fish but I have jumping fish ..
 
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Just because I'm such a masochist I was looking at fish I love but can't have (triggers. tangs. dragonets. etc) and I came to the butterfly fish, which I have always regarded as not reef safe, herbivorous, coral nipping, relatively large and thus unsuitable for my tank.

Then I saw the Heniochus. I read a little about it and it looks like it could actually work. From what I read, it's a peaceful zooplanktivore that's suitable for tanks 50 gallons and larger. It would certainly be the big centerpiece fish I'm looking for.

I really love the copperband too, but it sounds like its more challenging and would likely nip at my corals.

Hmm.

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I like Heniochus. As a kid in Hawaii, I used to see small and large schools of them grazing on rocks. Bob Fenner highly recommends them in his book, "The Conscientious Marine Aquarist". He does recommend getting at least 2+ though, because he says they are highly social.
 
I don't think I can do two in my tank. I'm reading mixed reports of what size tank is required, with some people saying 50 gallons and others saying 75 or 100. Since my tank is between those it's maybe alright but I wouldn't want to push it any further by getting two.
 
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I don't think I can do two in my tank. I'm reading mixed reports of what size tank is required, with some people saying 50 gallons and others saying 75 or 100. Since my tank is between those it's maybe alright but I wouldn't want to push it any further by getting two.

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Mr. Fenner suggest 15-20 gal. per Heniochus, but also says that some specimens can get big, up to 10 inches.

Have you seen the brown ones that have neat triangular patterns?
 
H. varius

Really neat looking fish!

http://www.waterlifefiji.com/images/Heniochus_Varius(Humphead-Bannerfish).JPG

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/MAY05/images/Heniochus_varius.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.scuba-equipment-usa.com/marine/MAY05/Horned_Bannerfish(Heniochus_varius).html&usg=__SL19R6wt9rFoWJvMRMBlKqXJaSA=&h=480&w=640&sz=109&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=gpzdlB7JDrFOcM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dheniochus%2Bvarius%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

Whoops, found out it eats corals, you probably don't want these...
 
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