I think I am the first to do this with a Butterflyfish

[Dilan Patel]

SO I just noticed today that my Copperband butterfly went after nori before any of my tangs have. I just got a new rtang yesterday and my other tang has yet to touch nori but I recently just put nori on a clip and my butterfly went straight for it! hopefully he will teach my tangs to eat the nori instead of playing u hit me I hit you next game. Am I the first to have this happen. Constantly nipping at it.

 

[PaulK]

Mine also eats nori.

 

[Dilan Patel]

I don't feel special anymore lol.

 

[PaulK]

Lol. He doesn’t eat much of it though, usually just a few bites.

Also mines kind of a pig. He even eats flake food.

 

[flyfish]

my copperband loves nori, I love watching him eat with my Naso

 

[redfishbluefish]

I had a long nose yellow butterfly that was right in there on the nori clip eating away.

 

[Jeepguy242]

my tang will destroy nori if i let it float around but won't touch it if it is on the clip....

 

[Roy 9121]

I don't know what eats the nori I put in my tank. I never see anything eat it, but its always gone in the morning.

 

[Jeepguy242]

I don't know what eats the nori I put in my tank. I never see anything eat it, but its always gone in the morning.

snails get to mine if it stays after lights out

 

[Roy 9121]

snails get to mine if it stays after lights out

That's what i though might be happening

 

[saltyhog]

Mine won't touch it. I try to trick him in to eating the nori that's in LRS. I figured it would smell/taste like the other components of LRS. He will take it but always spits it right back out. Spoiled brat!

 

[Philt56]

Mine eats frozen mysis in the water column and just stares at anything else. Unless it’s live blackworms. Also clams on the half shell. Lately I stuck some masstick in a shell and mixed some LRS reef frenzy, now he eats that’like it was clam meat.

 

[puffy127]

My butterflyfish love nori:

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[Peterrdee]

My butterflies won’t touch Nori, my raccoon used to but spit half of it out… goes nuts for the clams and the mysis, my teardrop barely goes for the clams but loves the orange bits from the mega marine angel cubes, he’s losing a lot of colour tho :( I’m scared he’s not getting the right diet or I’m not feeding enough? I don’t want to overfeed tho…. I have him in a 20 gallon quarantine and do 10 to 5 gallon water changes almost everyday or two, I feed all my fish 3 times a day… any ideas on getting them to eat the Nori? I might try the frozen algea cubes I’m desperate to get them on algea because I know they need it.

 

[dennis romano]

I have found that raccoons have no problem to get to eat. Teardrops can be a problem. My nine butterflies get an assortment of food at least three times a day. When I have a new difficult fish, I give him small amounts of one type of food until I find one that he likes. Their menu includes Nori, clams on the half shell, spirulina mysis, spirulina brine shrimp, angel and butterfly cubes and small plankton. Remember to remove any uneaten food, especially in a quarantine tank. My fish hate the mega marine foods. Good luck.

 

[Tamberav]

My copperband also eats nori

Honestly a healthy established copperband will eat just about anything in my experience.