darrin
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anyone have experience with them? i want one but i was told they eat corals for a living...
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One thing to remember is that their fin-span is huge so a deep tank is definitely recommended. I have seen Orbi bats with tattered finns because they were kept in too small of tanks. But they are beautiful. Something only for a FO tank.
aqua-nut
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never had one but heard they get so large you can't keep them.
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Not only do they get huge, they definitely are coral eaters... and they are not very picky. They will munch on just about any coral you have. I made the mistake early on of putting a small Pineatus in my 46 gallon reef. I had to tear the tank apart after about an hour because he was feasting on every coral in the tank. It was a Batfish Smorgasbord. A little taste fo this here, and a little taste of that there....
Definitely not a reef friendly fish.
Jim 8)
Definitely not a reef friendly fish.
Jim 8)
