Butterflyfish
Schooling Bannerfish
Heniochus diphreutes
The Schooling Bannerfish is Heniochus diphreutes — near-identical to the Longfin Bannerfish but hardier, better-fed on plain zooplankton, and genuinely social: it forms large open-water schools on the reef and does best introduced in a group at the same time. It's the reef-safer of the two Heniochus 'bannerfish,' rated reef safe with caution rather than the flat 'not reef safe' of its lookalike.
Best in a shoal of 6+.
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How Schooling Bannerfish gets on with the rest of the reef, checked pair by pair by the same engine as the live pre-flight.
Best kept apart
A real clash — aggression, predation or a same-genus fight.
Snowflake MoraySnowflake Moray has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Schooling Bannerfish.
Zebra MorayZebra Moray has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Schooling Bannerfish.
Chainlink MorayChainlink Moray has a big enough mouth to eat the much smaller Schooling Bannerfish.
Clown TriggerfishClown Triggerfish (aggressive) is much larger than the peaceful Schooling Bannerfish and may harass it.
Longfin BannerfishSchooling Bannerfish and Longfin Bannerfish are the same genus (Heniochus) and will fight — keep only one.
Miniata GrouperMiniata Grouper (aggressive) is much larger than the peaceful Schooling Bannerfish and may harass it.
Panther GrouperPanther Grouper (aggressive) is much larger than the peaceful Schooling Bannerfish and may harass it.Good tankmates
No conflicts — a few popular ones to start with.
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