Copperband

[haigyfish]

Hey y’all I dipped my green nori in Selcon it’s been 1 hour how else can I try to make my Copperband butterfly eat it???

 

[Bob Weigant]

I always make sure these guys eat at the LFS before buying. They can be tuff sometimes. The one I have now loves live brine

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hey y’all I dipped my green nori in Selcon it’s been 1 hour how else can I try to make my Copperband butterfly eat it???

You want to bas\te nori, not dip it and my CBB turns its nose up at nori. Best enticers are LRS herbivore diet, Mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, blackworms, preferably live and 1/2 clam on shell - Hikari brand seems to work well with CBB

 

[Nibs]

Why are you trying to feed your copper band nori? mine won't touch the stuff

 

[haigyfish]

Why are you trying to feed your copper band nori? mine won't touch the stuff

What do u feed?

 

[KrisReef]

What do u feed?

I brought home a sick one from the LFS that they thought would die. I tossed it in a tank with Aiptasia and it ate them like candy. @vetteguy53081 covered the stuff I know they will eat. To get them eatting the live worms or cracked clam should do the trick. GL.

 

[Paul B]

Very few copperbands will eat nori and the ones that do will probably die soon as they can't really digest it. Neither could I. Copperbands are predators and need a "meat" diet. In the sea they eat worms, small shrimp and fish fry.

Any commercial fish based diet is what you should feed them. Their favorite food is live worms and small pieces of clams.
This guy was almost 10 years old here.

 

[msloan21]

CBBs are picky and hard to get eating. At least that was my experience. I was able to get 1 eating mysis and live black worms

 

[Gtinnel]

I had never heard of a copperband eating nori until I googled it after seeing this thread. My copperband aggressively eats my diy frozen food that I feed the tank, but it took me a year of feeding him live white worms before he would start eating it. Live white worms IME is a great food source to get a picky copperband to eat, plus everyone else in the tank loves them too.

 

[Rio1969]

I have had my CCB for 18 days now (still in QT). She was eating at the LFS, I am feeding her frozen mysis and TDO pellets. She starts dancing when I approach the tank and can't wait for the food to hit the water.

 

[Nibs]

What do u feed?

I feed a mix of chopped clam, oyster and shrimp that I smash I to a rock. Mine refuses to eat from the water column

 

[NotReefsafe]

research fish before you buy them please

 

[kken6217]

I have successfully kept a lot of fish over the years, but was never able to get a CBB to eat and survive.

I guess if a LFS gets a very young one and he eats in the store we would have a better shot.

 

[Cthulukelele]

Masstick is a good food to try as well. Works on the picky eaters I've had to get eating who naturally hunt for food on rocks

 

[lapin]

Hey y’all I dipped my green nori in Selcon it’s been 1 hour how else can I try to make my Copperband butterfly eat it???

I have never had a problem feeding them live black worms.
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