Double Saddleback Butterfly feeding issue.

[Aronsaquarium]

Hey!
Wondering if anyone has some advice..

I bought a double saddleback butterfly about 3 weeks ago.
In the shop it was eat pellets and frozen like crazy.
I brought it home and it immediately refused pellets, But ate frozen super well.

Then about a week ago it decided it doesn’t like frozen. It’ll chase the pieces but won’t touch it. I put live brine in there and he goes nuts for it.

Any ideas on how to get him back on frozen?
He looks completely healthy. Swimming nicely. Chases the food. But only eats live completely out of the blue.

Only trigger moment I can think of, is around the time he stopped eating I found my Mandarine goby’s fins completely chewed up. And when watching the tank it appears my butterfly was chasing him to eat his fins. (I had to move my Mandarine.)
So maybe he got his taste for live food then.. IDK

I think he eats Masstick as well now.
But doesn’t go crazy for it. Just a small peck here or there

 

[sfin52]

Hey!
Wondering if anyone has some advice..

I bought a double saddleback butterfly about 3 weeks ago.
In the shop it was eat pellets and frozen like crazy.
I brought it home and it immediately refused pellets, But ate frozen super well.

Then about a week ago it decided it doesn’t like frozen. It’ll chase the pieces but won’t touch it. I put live brine in there and he goes nuts for it.

Any ideas on how to get him back on frozen?
He looks completely healthy. Swimming nicely. Chases the food. But only eats live completely out of the blue.

Only trigger moment I can think of, is around the time he stopped eating I found my Mandarine goby’s fins completely chewed up. And when watching the tank it appears my butterfly was chasing him to eat his fins. (I had to move my Mandarine.)
So maybe he got his taste for live food then.. IDK

I think he eats Masstick as well now.
But doesn’t go crazy for it. Just a small peck here or there

Add frozen and love brine together see if that help

 

[jtf74]

Hey!
Wondering if anyone has some advice..

I bought a double saddleback butterfly about 3 weeks ago.
In the shop it was eat pellets and frozen like crazy.
I brought it home and it immediately refused pellets, But ate frozen super well.

Then about a week ago it decided it doesn’t like frozen. It’ll chase the pieces but won’t touch it. I put live brine in there and he goes nuts for it.

Any ideas on how to get him back on frozen?
He looks completely healthy. Swimming nicely. Chases the food. But only eats live completely out of the blue.

Only trigger moment I can think of, is around the time he stopped eating I found my Mandarine goby’s fins completely chewed up. And when watching the tank it appears my butterfly was chasing him to eat his fins. (I had to move my Mandarine.)
So maybe he got his taste for live food then.. IDK

I think he eats Masstick as well now.
But doesn’t go crazy for it. Just a small peck here or there

I would try frozen seafood. My copperband has eaten frozen mysis for years and then I moved him into QT recently because of ich and he won't eat it now. He still goes crazy as does my yellow longnose for anything from a trader joes seafood mix I have which includes scallops, calamari, and shrimp. Would also try a fresh clam or mussel. Get his appetite up and get him fattened and add mysis back in with it. If its fat enough and still not eating mysis later let it get hungry for a day and it may not be as picky.