If you have access to mastic you can add some brine or mysis or whatever to it as you mix it up. Put that in your clam shell.
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A copperband.If so, what kinds of butterfly fish have you been successful with?
eventually it will get hungry and nip at something but remember that the natural food is worms and natural crustaceans.Hi! We have a threadfin too but it won’t really eat... we have tried these methods:
(1) minced shrimp and shaped into a log, freeze and tied down with a rubber band to a small disc
(2) clam tied down with a rubber band to a small disc
(3) pellets
(4) frozen piece of fish/squid
The first time I gave frozen seafood, I cut thinly and just put it in the tank. The fish nipped at it but lost interest after a few nips. And then every time I put some food for it, it just circle around the food and doesn’t eat anything. We have had it for about 2 weeks now and it spends a lot of time hiding behind a coral rock. It’s now in quarantine tank but we don’t put any medications for it.
I would really like to know how to get it to eat. Advice please.
Hi I had a cooper band and I had to move him to another tanks as he would eat all my zoas make holes in some favias I have. He did some damage and it was hard to get him out. He is in another tank now and his been going strong for over 3 years now. I feed live brine and mysis. It’s a chance u always take if they are coral eaters thxIf so, what kinds of butterfly fish have you been successful with?
I quess it depends on what you consider a long time I’m going on 6 months I don’t want to jinx myself.i have just been doing regular water changes and putting a variety of food in with algae wafers it’s a long nose butterflyIf so, what kinds of butterfly fish have you been successful with?
How long should I leave it be to get really hungry?eventually it will get hungry and nip at something but remember that the natural food is worms and natural crustaceans.
Try LRS Reef Frenzy. its what worked for me
I didn’t. Straight in the tank to clear aips.Question for ppl who has successfully kept CBB, do you keep the fish separately in a tank without much food competition (whether QT or separate tank) for a while to condition the fish before you put it into main display tank with lots of competition? Did u feed live food at the beginning to make the fish gain weight significantly? Thanks.
To early to say sucuessfully, but i have had my CBB for 2.5 months. He was shipped with Ick and was very skinny. He has gotten much thicker, eats all kinds of food including Nori. He is by far my favorite fish, the personality on him is incredible. I can put my face on the glass and he will swim right up to me, no fear. His feed response is so cool to watch, they can do this head twitch, first time you see it you may think the fish has flukes. The tank is in sight of the refrigerator, so when its about feeding time and he sees me go to the freezer out of the corner of my eye i'll see him start to twitch, once he sees the feeding cup he turns into a spaz haha love that fish.
Tops, 2 weeks if it doesn't drop dead by that time. Best thing to do is after a week i'd begin checking in on medication. im not much an expert when it comes to meds on fish.How long should I leave it be to get really hungry?
I think we try different combinations nearly everyday and we got more and more frustrated having to fish out those uneaten good...
Question for ppl who has successfully kept CBB, do you keep the fish separately in a tank without much food competition (whether QT or separate tank) for a while to condition the fish before you put it into main display tank with lots of competition? Did u feed live food at the beginning to make the fish gain weight significantly? Thanks.
I keep my copperband in my regular reef tank with everything else. My last one lived about 10 years and I got another one about 2 months ago.
I feed all my fish live worms a few times a week. Copperbands are large eaters but due to their rather small mouths, they can't eat to much in one bite, but they try.
I find that paper thin pieces of clams are one of the best foods for them besides worms which is their main diet in the sea.
Thank you, Paul. Any tips or devices you invented for feeding clams/worms, so that other fish don't get to clams and worms before CBB? especially during when they are new to the tank?
I find that coperbands don't need any tricks or feeders to keep them healthy. They are quick and large eaters if they are healthy, but if they were quarantined or medicated, I am not sure how they will fare as I don't do that.
Here my copperband was eating clams. This fish was about 9 years old when I took this.
You can see she has no trouble getting enough food.