Anyone else have a CBB from WetPets?

[ironwill723]

I have tried two Indian Ocean Copperband butterflies from Wetpets in the last six months. Both have eaten mysis at the store and I have been able to feed from my hand in the DT within a week with frozen mysis. Both have lasted about 2.5 months and then died overnight. Today the second one died. It was eating on Monday, yesterday would not eat at all, this morning dead. I have no clue why both died the same exact way. All other fish and corals look good. Water parameters are stable and have not changed. I am thinking these fish are caught with cyanide. I was reading through the Butterflyfish primer here and it seems IndoPacific butterflies do not do well long term. Multiple people seem to have same experience with the fish dying overnight. Australians seem to be more hardy. Has anyone else bought one at wetpets and had it thrive? I think I am done trying this fish as it is too painful to watch disappear over night.

 

[acer]

yep- I thought I starved mine - because I wanted him to eat the atips- which it turned out were not atips at all, but mojo's. But, he was not thin/discolored in any way, and I did see him pick high grade pellets when I fed the rest of my fish. Too bad- he was a beauty....

 

[Guyerson]

I don't have any experience with the Copperband - but I bought a Heniochus at Wet Pets with the same results. Was eating fine and acting fine for about 6 weeks then blammo, gone overnight...

 

[jimzin15754]

Had the same experience with a blonde naso from Elmers. Most voracious eater I ever had, full of energy and everyones favorite that came over to visit. Here one day and gone the next. About 5 weeks total

 

[brian3]

I have tried two Indian Ocean Copperband butterflies from Wetpets in the last six months. Both have eaten mysis at the store and I have been able to feed from my hand in the DT within a week with frozen mysis. Both have lasted about 2.5 months and then died overnight. Today the second one died. It was eating on Monday, yesterday would not eat at all, this morning dead. I have no clue why both died the same exact way. All other fish and corals look good. Water parameters are stable and have not changed. I am thinking these fish are caught with cyanide. I was reading through the Butterflyfish primer here and it seems IndoPacific butterflies do not do well long term. Multiple people seem to have same experience with the fish dying overnight. Australians seem to be more hardy. Has anyone else bought one at wetpets and had it thrive? I think I am done trying this fish as it is too painful to watch disappear over night.

When a new fish of mine eats nicely and dies in short order I always suspect cyanide as it is my understanding that harms their digestive system and they can't absorb food.

 

[Yinzer]

I was in there the other day and they had a really sick one ich and really thin) in the tank with other fish. I asked about it and he said that he was nursing it back to health. Shouldn't it have been quarantined?