Ohio Reef
Reef Discussion => Fish => Topic started by: kellyj on June 27, 2017, 10:37:40
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Hey all,
I recently acquired a Copperband Butterfly and haven't been able to get him to eat yet. I have tried mysis, brine, blood worms, and LRS herbivore frenzy. Has anyone had similar experience and got them to eat? It's only been 4 days so far, but worried he may not make it.
Kelly
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Too late...came home tonight and he was a goner.
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Sorry to hear. That unfortunately is he norm for that fish. My guess is 1 in 10 at best survive longer then 90 days. It is sad. There are a lot of fish with really poor survival rate.
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I've had a couple, and even though I got them eating mysis, about 45 days later they'd go missing?
Steve had one for a long time I think I recall from a prior post.
If you take a crack again, I've gotten them going with bloodworms, and those clams on the half shell that are frozen. Later, putting LRS or similar in a clam shell, and finally onto frozen foods.
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So what do you all think about trying a copperband? I've always wanted one and corals galore has two that look great and are eating well. I'm concerned my larger tangs would tear one up being a new fish addition. What do you think, walk away?
Thanks
Jeff
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Mine always held it's own against a big yellow, but was in the tank well before the yellow was added. Tough call. Love CBB's.
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I think the biggest threat would be my pb tang. Would one be ok with a tube anemone?
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Would one be ok with a tube anemone?
I'm sure the CBB would be OK with it, not sure how the tube anem would like it. When I first got mine it cleared out hundreds of small tube worms before it touched any aptasia.
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So what do you all think about trying a copperband? I've always wanted one and corals galore has two that look great and are eating well. I'm concerned my larger tangs would tear one up being a new fish addition. What do you think, walk away?
Thanks
Jeff
They've got plenty of aiptasia to eat if they're at Corals Galore...
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Guess you could try an acclimation box and see if anyone bothers it? I don't recall any tang aggression.
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[/quote]I'm sure the CBB would be OK with it, not sure how the tube anem would like it. When I first got mine it cleared out hundreds of small tube worms before it touched any aptasia.
I like my tube anemone and would hate to have a cb attack it for a snack. I just read on reef central that they will eat tube anemones so a cb is out of the picture.
jeff