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[aznnutty]

i see 5 tiny white spots on my yellow eyed kole, is it ick? do all copper banded butterfly eat aptasia? or do they have 2 b trained?

 

[sailoracu2]

with out seeing the white spots I can't be 100%. I would say yes, you can treat the kole with cooper in a QT or fresh water dip in RO at DT temp and the spots will fall off. (this is a quick fix) this should be followed by QT in cooper. Ick is caused by stress.

 

[mike660r]

Re: ??

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13702082#post13702082 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by aznnutty
i see 5 tiny white spots on my yellow eyed kole, is it ick? do all copper banded butterfly eat aptasia? or do they have 2 b trained?

i see 5 tiny white spots on my yellow eyed kole, is it ick? It probably is ich. If the spots go away in the next week or so you will know it is ich.

do all copper banded butterfly eat aptasia? or do they have 2 b trained? This is a hit or miss behavior of the fish. You can search RC for days on this topic. I have personally tried a CBB for aptasia and I have never seen any depletion of the aptasia. I have read other stories of people having great success with them. One thing you can try is to train the fish. In your quarenteen tank, place the fish and a rock covered in aptasia. Don't feed the fish for a couple days. See if the fish naturally takes to the aptasia. I have read time and time again that once you start to feed fishes that were purchased to eliminate a tank issue. They will go twoards what they like more. Why have a soy burger when you can have steak

 

[chuggy]

frost make sure you get him to eat anything at first mine died of starvation because he wouldnt eat anything

 

[BrunstuckyJoe]

It's ich, i've battled it with my hippo.....try to see if he will eat garlic pellets.....it boosts a stressed fishes immune system...

 

[aznnutty]

well he eats brime shrimp just fine and his coloration looks great but just the spots makes me a little nervous.

 

[Tswifty]

Brine shrimp is basically empty calories for the fish... Start chalking him full of Nori & Mysis... You can also soak the food in a garlic supplement such as Kent Garlic Extreme to help stimulate the fish to eat.

 

[cash03ins]

I have had three copperbands lately and only one has eaten aptasia. That one has done a great job.
Wayne