Any LFS have copper band butterfly fish?
- Thread starter bigzman
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chris.scang
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Call FAOIS. I think they had some recently.
ReefWhatYouSow
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BigZ! What's up? Did you use the last one for eradication of anything?
janes_mw
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He is currently on assignment
. He has a big job ahead of him at the Janes home .
janes_mw
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C4DC,
Agree. They are very sensitive shippers. getting them to eat and move to other foods is time consuming. I have had success with finicky eaters by slow QT process and minimal stress.
I try to avoid harse chems. Then feed what ever they eat in LFS. I slowly add other foods to see what sticks along with their favorite. I then go a day or 2 with out feeding favorite food and feed them flakes. (Many water changes) then on the second day feed a bit of what they like and keep same progress. After I see they love flakes I then move them to DT as other in tank will cause them to eat on a frenzy.
I got my anthias off of Mysid and brine but it took 10 weeks .
I have had success with a potters angel, Copper Band, Anthias, wrasse. Many years I learned this was successful with a Morish Idol that lasted over a year on flake and pellets and mysid with selcon (once a week). Until summer tank crash while on vacation Tropical storm Floyd in New Jersey).
Agree. They are very sensitive shippers. getting them to eat and move to other foods is time consuming. I have had success with finicky eaters by slow QT process and minimal stress.
I try to avoid harse chems. Then feed what ever they eat in LFS. I slowly add other foods to see what sticks along with their favorite. I then go a day or 2 with out feeding favorite food and feed them flakes. (Many water changes) then on the second day feed a bit of what they like and keep same progress. After I see they love flakes I then move them to DT as other in tank will cause them to eat on a frenzy.
I got my anthias off of Mysid and brine but it took 10 weeks .
I have had success with a potters angel, Copper Band, Anthias, wrasse. Many years I learned this was successful with a Morish Idol that lasted over a year on flake and pellets and mysid with selcon (once a week). Until summer tank crash while on vacation Tropical storm Floyd in New Jersey).
oblio
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I just picked one up from Corals and Fins last week. As of Thursday he had 2 more, the one I picked up was eating frozen mysis before purchase, now fattening up very nicely in the QT. I only have a few aptasia here and there but as I hate these things so much I decided to attempt to get a fish that will simply not let them re-imerge in my tank. As he is already eating mysis I'm happy he wont eat himself out of an acceptable food source. If FAOIS is out, give Lee @ Coral and Fins a call.
