brettinteriors
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I have been tossing around the idea of putting one in my reef. I do not want a fish that will most likely wind up crab food no matter what I do. Anyone have long term success with them.
Anyone have any "luck" with copperbands
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jjk_reef00
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Check out the Copperband Butterfly Primer
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1492696&page=12
From my short experience with butterfly fish some can be hard to get them eating initially, and they should be fed 3-6 times a day.
If you find a healthy specimen that eats aggressively they can be kept for quite a while. It helps if you have a larger tank with lots of pods.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1492696&page=12
From my short experience with butterfly fish some can be hard to get them eating initially, and they should be fed 3-6 times a day.
If you find a healthy specimen that eats aggressively they can be kept for quite a while. It helps if you have a larger tank with lots of pods.
TucsonWhoDat
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once you get them eating they are fairly easy. Most the ones I have kept eventually became coral nibblers as they get older.
Skinner
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When I first got mine I had a hard time getting him to eat, as was mentioned earlier. He cleaned out all of my small feather dusters and such. I finally got him to eat by buying some clams at the seafood counter at Fry's. I cut the clam open and minced up the clam meat (since he was pretty small). I then placed 1/2 the clam shell in the tank with the clam minced up in it and he went to town eating that. I had to feed him out of the shell for a few months. He would eat minced up clam, scallops and squid from the shell. It was kind of like a doggie bowl for him. He has finally taken to eating out of the water column like the other fish and has started eating misis shrimp. He doesn't seem to like flake food as he usually spits that out when he eats it. He is still pretty small, so i'm not sure if he will nip at corals or not, so far he hasn't. I love him, I was just at SWSW and they had two nice looking ones for sale. Not sure if they are eating or not. Hope this helps.
xpertrifle
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I've had one that did fine. Except it will eat your coral....
brettinteriors
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Well exnay on the copper
