@Paul B Just got a copperband from the local store on Wed night. My QT has been flawless the last few months. He ate a few blackworms, but not much. The next day he was already scratching himself off the glass and rocks. I read your article about the faint dark patch. I noticed it, and it got bigger and bigger. I added some Copper and he was dead by Sunday. the dark patch spread a lot. The fish store had just gotten him last Sunday. I didn't notice the dark patch there, but maybe I didn't look close enough. Would his ribs damage his internal organs from being netted at the store?
At home I just floated him and dumped him into a net and placed him in the tank. His mouth did get stuck in the net for a few seconds but then he struggled out of it and looked fine.
At home I just floated him and dumped him into a net and placed him in the tank. His mouth did get stuck in the net for a few seconds but then he struggled out of it and looked fine.
Although I had aiptasia in my overflows and sump, I did not see any at all in my display for 10+ years that it was in the tank. There was SPS, LPS and soft corals in with him and he never bothered any of it. I did put a couple of feather dusters in at the beginning and he wiped those out pretty quick. It eats like a pig and even fights off a much larger Hippo Tang at feeding time. He eats any fresh or frozen foods, but still won't even look at pellets or flakes. I have had two CBBs over the last 20 years and the first one in another tank was about the same. He did nip a little at my derasa clam though. I have had great luck with the two that I have owned. My 2¢ anyway.
