Talk me in/out copperband addition.

[OutColdCRNA]

Try cutting up the clam into tiny pieces, mix in some mysis , smear it on a rock pushing it into the crevices, put the rock in the freezer to set up then put it back in the tank. That's how I get picky butterflies to eat. My CBB also goes crazy for live black worms. Good luck.

I may give that a try with the rock in the freezer!

 

[jtf74]

I may give that a try with the rock in the freezer!

Live worms are your best bet. I ordered a bunch of black worms from eastern aquatics. The movement is hard to resist. Mine loved both black and white.

 

[OutColdCRNA]

I was hoping to avoid ordering but I think I’m stuck now. How are they supplied and how long do they stay alive?

 

[jtf74]

I was hoping to avoid ordering but I think I’m stuck now. How are they supplied and how long do they stay alive?

I think i got the 1/4 lb for $35. The say refrigerate but mine lasted for a couple months in a 10 gallon in a little cold fresh water with an airstone. I fed spirulina to the worms, changed water every couple days. Pretty easy, but they do smell awful and you'll want to rinse them. I fed cbb until they were gone and it fattened him up. Mine was immediately attracted to the worms while refusing frozen mysis, brine, bloodworms, butterfly/angel mix and live or shredded clams for the first few days.

 

[OutColdCRNA]

I think i got the 1/4 lb for $35. The say refrigerate but mine lasted for a couple months in a 10 gallon in a little cold fresh water with an airstone. I fed spirulina to the worms, changed water every couple days. Pretty easy, but they do smell awful and you'll want to rinse them. I fed cbb until they were gone and it fattened him up. Mine was immediately attracted to the worms while refusing frozen mysis, brine, bloodworms, butterfly/angel mix and live or shredded clams for the first few days.

Did yours eventually convert to frozen?

 

[jtf74]

Did yours eventually convert to frozen?

In 3-4 days it ate the frozen mysis only along with the worms I mixed in and after the worms were gone it would eat mysis,clam, aiptaisa, most any meaty seafood.

 

[OrionN]

I did not have to use worms. Mine eat frozen right away. I asked the LFS to feed her and she was eating aggressively at the LFS. I guess I got it easy this time.

 

[OutColdCRNA]

Well, two and a half weeks and my CBB finally perished. Never ate, never really picked either. I was in contact with Dr. Reef every few days and he issued me a store credit. I don’t know that I have the stomach to try again. Any other fish suggestions for my store credit?

 

[OutColdCRNA]

Thinking about the potential for changing it up for a long nose butterfly?

 

[OrionN]

I am sorry about your CBB
My small female is doing well. Last Friday I got a larger male from Austin Aqua-Dome. He is doing well I got him into the tank at 3AM on Saturday. I was too tired to set up isolation. I told myself to separate them if Sat AM I see any fighting. No significant fighting so I just leave them together. He is not eating well yet but takes a few bites and picking at the rock and sand.
I hope he will start eating well soon.
I am very confident in able to sex CBB in person at this time. It actually very easy to pair CBB
Better luck next time.

 

[mrpontiac80]

Well, two and a half weeks and my CBB finally perished. Never ate, never really picked either. I was in contact with Dr. Reef every few days and he issued me a store credit. I don’t know that I have the stomach to try again. Any other fish suggestions for my store credit?

Sorry to hear that. I’m in the same boat with my dream fish… a blonde nasso. I’ve tried to qt one that looked fantastic and half way through it perished. Then I tried to buy one through a reputable qt guy and he has lost two in a row. I just don’t think I want to keep trying.

 

[mrpontiac80]

I am sorry about your CBB
My small female is doing well. Last Friday I got a larger male from Austin Aqua-Dome. He is doing well I got him into the tank at 3AM on Saturday. I was too tired to set up isolation. I told myself to separate them if Sat AM I see any fighting. No significant fighting so I just leave them together. He is not eating well yet but takes a few bites and picking at the rock and sand.
I hope he will start eating well soon.
I am very confident in able to sex CBB in person at this time. It actually very easy to pair CBB
Better luck next time.

How can you sex them? I have one but have no idea if it’s male or female

 

[OutColdCRNA]

Sorry to hear that. I’m in the same boat with my dream fish… a blonde nasso. I’ve tried to qt one that looked fantastic and half way through it perished. Then I tried to buy one through a reputable qt guy and he has lost two in a row. I just don’t think I want to keep trying.

Disheartening to say the least. But, at least I can say that I tried every tip, trick and food that has been known to work. So it’s just luck of the draw. I hear the long nose butterfly’s are easier to get eating. So I’m thinking of giving them a try!

 

[OrionN]

How can you sex them? I have one but have no idea if it’s male or female

Please this thread on my adventures trying to get a pair of CBB.

Sexual dimorphism identification of Chelmon rostratus, the Copperband Butterfly,

From the horse mouth, people who successfully pair, breed and raised Copperband Butterflies Jirayuth Ruensirikul, Mavit Assava-aree, Atra Chaimongkol, Sirawan Bunchai, and Khwantana Ongart of Coastal Aquaculture Research Institute and Nakhonsithammarat Coastal Fisheries Research and Development...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[jtf74]

Thinking about the potential for changing it up for a long nose butterfly?

I've had good luck with those. Cool fish highly recommend for easier to keep butterfly.

 

[jtf74]

Disheartening to say the least. But, at least I can say that I tried every tip, trick and food that has been known to work. So it’s just luck of the draw. I hear the long nose butterfly’s are easier to get eating. So I’m thinking of giving them a try!

Did you ever try live worms?

 

[OutColdCRNA]

Did you ever try live worms?

I did, found someone local who had some. Still no interest.

 

[jtf74]

I did, found someone local who had some. Still no interest.

Thats too bad. I have both cbb and yellow longnose. My cbb had been in the lfs for a while. I bought it during covid when no one was going anywhere. Probably a fish best seen before buying. I ordered the yellow online from liveaqauria. It ate frozen mysis immediately. It was a replacement for one they sent that had a giant lympho chunk like i never saw before on arrival. That one ate immediately too and the lympho disappeared in a month and I rehomed it since I had two. Very friendly fish and mine shoots water at you when its time to eat.

 

[OutColdCRNA]

Thats too bad. I have both cbb and yellow longnose. My cbb had been in the lfs for a while. I bought it during covid when no one was going anywhere. Probably a fish best seen before buying. I ordered the yellow online from liveaqauria. It ate frozen mysis immediately. It was a replacement for one they sent that had a giant lympho chunk like i never saw before on arrival. That one ate immediately too and the lympho disappeared in a month and I rehomed it since I had two. Very friendly fish and mine shoots water at you when its time to eat.

Good to hear! I do think that’s what I’m going to do with the credit I got back from Dr. Reef.