Copperband and gorgonians

[norfolkgarden]

LFS has a nice 1.75 inch copperband in hypo.
It is not eating mysis currently.
I have access to a tank full of the tiny feather dusters.
Wouldn't mind purchasing rocks with those feather dusters if the copperband would be happy with them until hopefully I can get it on to something easier.
We normally feed frozen mysis, cyclops, Cobalt Omni, rotifers, live phyto, rarely black worms and occasionally add a variety of copepods every other month for replenishing stock for the geometric pixie Hawk.

Only concern is not losing the beautiful gorgonians we have kept happy for 6 months.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!

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[norfolkgarden]

6 months so far.

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[Andrew D]

I think it's hit and miss but I have a copperband with gorgonians (different variety than yours though) and he's never touched them. Only thing that didn't survive was the acans and the tube worms, and of course a lot of unwanted aiptasia. It helps to keep them well fed which is hard because they are slow, picky and constant grazers. I feed them frozen clams which open as they thaw and seem therefore to provide enough food and fun. Good luck, it's a wonderful fish and well worth the try in my opinion.

 

[WVfishguy]

I've kept gorgonians and Copperbands. I think gorgos are pretty noxious.

 

[norfolkgarden]

Thanks!

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[norfolkgarden]

So far the copperband doesn't seem interested in the gorgonians at all.

Expected to lose the three feather dusters but I was fortunate enough to have placed two of them in really obnoxious locations that keep the feather duster happy but make it difficult for the copperband to access them.
He still tries constantly with one of them and it stays closed far more often than it should but the other two are out all the time and happy.

Thank you for the help.


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