Copperband killed my giant Feather duster??

nanomania · Jan 28, 2018

Just added a cbb for aiptasia issue, i have a giant 6months old feather duster, it didnot come out for the first time today. Is it possible that my cbb killed it? Do they kill giant feather dusters too?? Plz help.

Greckel · Jan 28, 2018

Unfortunately, CBB eat feather dusters as part of their regular diet.

LobsterOfJustice · Jan 28, 2018

You ever wondered why CBB mouth is shaped like that? Now you know.

GoldeneyeRet · Jan 28, 2018

Feather dusters are irresistible to CBBs.

pcon · Jan 29, 2018

Pretty much any resource would have told you this, Liveaquaria: "They may pick on invertebrates, especially anemones and feather dusters." Saltwater fish: "most likely feeding heavily on tubeworms ... ... feather dusters" even wikipedia: "Given a choice, Aiptasia is the least favored food. The butterflyfish preys on all tube and substrate worms"
CBBS are not often effective aiptasia control, but probably will eat some of the stuff you want in your tank. beautiful fish and worth the planning and effort to work around.

nanomania · Jan 29, 2018

pcon said:
Pretty much any resource would have told you this, Liveaquaria: "They may pick on invertebrates, especially anemones and feather dusters." Saltwater fish: "most likely feeding heavily on tubeworms ... ... feather dusters" even wikipedia: "Given a choice, Aiptasia is the least favored food. The butterflyfish preys on all tube and substrate worms"
CBBS are not often effective aiptasia control, but probably will eat some of the stuff you want in your tank. beautiful fish and worth the planning and effort to work around.

My final bet is peppermint shrimps, only issue is that they ate my mushrooms one aiptasia were gone