One of a Kind Copperband

[jmichaelh7]

I wanted to share my experience with Copperband butterfly fish. About a year ago I gave my buddy a Copperband. My tank exploded with aiptasia and long story short I got him back and he is healthy nice and fat.

He decimated not only aiptasia but all of my chalice , and meat coral… what an expensive Copperband!

I decided to keep him because I can always buy more coral but I can’t always remove aiptasia this easy. I mean not a single aiptasia in eye sight.

This week I put seaweed on the clip to feed my herd of tangs and the Copperband began to feast off of Julian Sprungs seaweed. I never seen a Copperband feast off seaweed?

I hope he lives a long healthy life in my tank. From my observation he is unique in his own ways. Not only for eradicating aiptasia but coral too!

I’ve decided to go back to SPS dominant since the SPS has been left alone.

Reef on !

 

[SteveMM62Reef]

Have you tried San Francisco Bay Angel & Butterfly Fish Frozen Formula? I don’t have any Butterfly Fish, they are on my list. All my Fish go nuts over this Formula.

 

[exnisstech]

Mine is finicky Picks at the rocks all day but only eats frozen mysis and mastick after a year. I have mostly sps but have three clams that I want to move to the tank he is in but I'm afraid he'll developing a liking for clam. I did keep a big aconthophylia and trachophylia for several months and they weren't bothered.

 

[jmichaelh7]

Mine is finicky Picks at the rocks all day but only eats frozen mysis and mastick after a year. I have mostly sps but have three clams that I want to move to the tank he is in but I'm afraid he'll developing a liking for clam. I did keep a big aconthophylia and trachophylia for several months and they weren't bothered.

Wow he would target those clams as clams is naturally what they eat .

Have you tried San Francisco Bay Angel & Butterfly Fish Frozen Formula? I don’t have any Butterfly Fish, they are on my list. All my Fish go nuts over this Formula.

I’m going to look it up. Yes I have before !

 

[exnisstech]

Wow he would target those clams as clams is naturally what they eat .

Ya kind of what I'm thinking. Ive had a lot of folks say they keep clams with a CBB but I don't have the nerve to try it. Mine follows me everywhere around the tank begging for food. He would probably love me if I drop a nice maxima or derasa in for him.

 

[Triggreef]

I wanted to share my experience with Copperband butterfly fish. About a year ago I gave my buddy a Copperband. My tank exploded with aiptasia and long story short I got him back and he is healthy nice and fat.

He decimated not only aiptasia but all of my chalice , and meat coral… what an expensive Copperband!

I decided to keep him because I can always buy more coral but I can’t always remove aiptasia this easy. I mean not a single aiptasia in eye sight.

This week I put seaweed on the clip to feed my herd of tangs and the Copperband began to feast off of Julian Sprungs seaweed. I never seen a Copperband feast off seaweed?

I hope he lives a long healthy life in my tank. From my observation he is unique in his own ways. Not only for eradicating aiptasia but coral too!

I’ve decided to go back to SPS dominant since the SPS has been left alone.

Reef on !

You should post a photo of it. Just thinking about it since I've had a bunch of copperbands and never had one eat any coral whatsoever, (or algae for that matter)... But there is one variant of butterfly that is very similar looking to copperbands, that is also an aptasia monster but would certainly eat coral and other things, also said to be much hardier. The name escapes me at the moment but I'm sure someone will chime in.

 

[blecki]

But there is one variant of butterfly that is very similar looking to copperbands, that is also an aptasia monster but would certainly eat coral and other things, also said to be much hardier.

Maybe thinking of Chelmon marginalis but I have literally never seen them for sale anywhere ever.

Edit: Apparently quality marine has them and the muelleri but that doesn't mean you can actually get them.

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[jmichaelh7]

You should post a photo of it. Just thinking about it since I've had a bunch of copperbands and never had one eat any coral whatsoever, (or algae for that matter)... But there is one variant of butterfly that is very similar looking to copperbands, that is also an aptasia monster but would certainly eat coral and other things, also said to be much hardier. The name escapes me at the moment but I'm sure someone will chime in.

 

[blecki]

Yeah ordinary copperband. Beautiful fish. Guess you just got a weird one. Better eating seaweed than coral! I had a yellow tang that ate all my acans. Had them together for years first then one day - ate them all.

 

[coralbeauties]

Im lucky enough to have three in three different tanks. Two are absolute pigs. They eat anything I put into the tank. My frozen food mix is loaded with nori and they both will gobble it up if it gets in front of them. My third one has only been with me a little over a month and is still a bit timid. They are one of my all time favorites. Such a great personality who beg like a little puppy dog for food
Jeff

 

[Katrina71]

Your yellow fish theme is very pretty

 

[Gtinnel]

My copperband has never ate seaweed, but after spending a year weaning him off of live food he started happily devouring anything frozen I put in the tank. He meets me at the surface to be first to eat and is now probably my most aggressive eater.
I had a copperband in the past that ate my hammer corals, but I was never able to get that one to eat. So I am convinced it was starvation that made him go after corals.

 

[jmichaelh7]

Your yellow fish theme is very pretty

Thanks

 

[dennis romano]

My copperband turns five years old Feb.1. He eats every type of food that goes into the tank, and his favorite is live black worms. When he sees me, he comes to the top of the tank and begs for food. Thankfully, he has never touched a coral.

 

[jmichaelh7]

My copperband turns five years old Feb.1. He eats every type of food that goes into the tank, and his favorite is live black worms. When he sees me, he comes to the top of the tank and begs for food. Thankfully, he has never touched a coral.

Where do u buy live black worms

 

[Triggreef]

Where do u buy live black worms

Used to be able to buy them online but I've been looking all over and now here has them. There is a lfs here in Manchester CT that has them, $50 per 1/4 cup. Not even a reef store, just a general pet store but they sell Discus I think so that is probably why. Definitely the best thing for getting finicky fish eating, if you can find them.

 

[Triggreef]

Yeah definitely looks like a normal one. It definitely could happen. I once had a hippo tang for years and one day he all of a sudden decided he was going to feast on expensive zoas.

 

[Triggreef]

muelleri was the one I was thinking of... https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/1520/?pcatid=1520

 

[dennis romano]

Where do u buy live black worms

Luckily, here in north NJ, several shops carry them.

 

[Aquariumaddictuk]

I wanted to share my experience with Copperband butterfly fish. About a year ago I gave my buddy a Copperband. My tank exploded with aiptasia and long story short I got him back and he is healthy nice and fat.

He decimated not only aiptasia but all of my chalice , and meat coral… what an expensive Copperband!

I decided to keep him because I can always buy more coral but I can’t always remove aiptasia this easy. I mean not a single aiptasia in eye sight.

This week I put seaweed on the clip to feed my herd of tangs and the Copperband began to feast off of Julian Sprungs seaweed. I never seen a Copperband feast off seaweed?

I hope he lives a long healthy life in my tank. From my observation he is unique in his own ways. Not only for eradicating aiptasia but coral too!

I’ve decided to go back to SPS dominant since the SPS has been left alone.

Reef on !

Bought my first copperband 10 days ago after watching him eat enthusiastically in the LFS for several months.
He's wolfing down masstick & mysis & munched through all aiptasia.
Amazing fish with big personalities.
It's a grail fish for a lot of people including me.
Hope you enjoy yours for many years!