Copper banded butterfly and diamond goby

[oldss72]

Hello,

I have a newer 75 gallon cube that I added a copper banded butterfly and a diamond goby to. The existing fish were carryovers from my 20 gallon long (Clown/blue damsel/purple dottyback).

I made sure the butterfly ate at the lfs. And since I have added him, he has been eating mysis shrimp. I was going to try blackworms when I can find them as I have been searching on the forum about feeding. My question is if I cannot find the blackworms, will mysis be enough? I have not tried Brine since they are not as good. I did try bloodworms since I had them and he was not interested at all. I was going to also try cyclop-eeze also. Should I try the clams since he is already eating mysis?

Also, on the diamond goby, I have seen him for 30 seconds total since I added him. I Know they can hide alot, but geeze!

I know he is alive since I see my sand upset in the morning. I thought they would be a good combination since I would probably have to feed somewhat more to make sure the copper banded eats, and that the diamond goby would come and clean up the remains that settle on the sand.

Thanks!

 

[falconut]

Glad you were able to find a Copperband that ate and it eatting. I tried them 3 times, all ate, but only one made over a month. From my experience with them, they need to eat enough. The first two, I just fed combinations of mysis and brine, but they just faded after a month. The third one would eat both the brine and mysis, but I also hand fed him live blackworms every night. If I missed a night, I could see his stomach pinch in. He lived for a year before I moved him to another reefer because he started anoying a clam. I'd recommend searching for the worms, but definitely make sure he's getting enough of the mysis to fill his stomach. My friend's copperband has lived for years without any blackworms, so it's not a requirement, it just helped me.

 

[alton]

I feed PE Mysis, Spirulina Brine, Baby Mysis, and Ovar, all soaked in Zoe. Mine is over 8 years old? Once the goby gets used to his surroundings he will just look at you and not hide any more