Copperband Butterfly and Clams
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It's been a couple of months and so far (knocking on wood) no problems. It decimated my aiptasia population, but refuses to eat any prepared foods I offer the tank. Only thing I can get it to eat is freshly smashed little neck clams, cockles, and muscles. I'm keeping it to ensure the aiptasia don't return, but eventually I'll pass it along to another needy reefkeeper.
HTH
HTH
npaden
New member
I got my cobberband sometime last summer so it has nearly been a year now. There was a poll on copperbands in the main forum a while back you might also check out:
http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84282
There is no question that they will eat any feather dusters that you have though and will try to eat any spaghetti worms that you have as well. For me having a tank without aipastasia is well worth not being able to keep any feather dusters and there are plenty of good detritivores other than spaghetti worms.
FWIW, Nathan
http://www.reefcentral.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84282
There is no question that they will eat any feather dusters that you have though and will try to eat any spaghetti worms that you have as well. For me having a tank without aipastasia is well worth not being able to keep any feather dusters and there are plenty of good detritivores other than spaghetti worms.
FWIW, Nathan
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Today I have one reserved at the LFS. It has been in a few weeks (I remember seeing it for the last 3) and is named as an Australian Copperband. I today observed it eat very active and ate alot even in competition with the other fish in the tank. It looked fat and healthy. Initially, it is going into my quaranteen tank that I will put in aiptasia rocks to train it into eating them. I will decide if it goes into the main reef tank at a later stage. Alternativley it will keep in a large 180 gallon SW tank in the garage and cycle it in/out of the tank if necessary or trade it back to the LFS / another reefer. Beautiful fish.
Today I have one reserved at the LFS. It has been in a few weeks (I remember seeing it for the last 3) and is named as an Australian Copperband. I today observed it eat very active and ate alot even in competition with the other fish in the tank. It looked fat and healthy. Initially, it is going into my quaranteen tank that I will put in aiptasia rocks to train it into eating them. I will decide if it goes into the main reef tank at a later stage. Alternativley it will keep in a large 180 gallon SW tank in the garage and cycle it in/out of the tank if necessary or trade it back to the LFS / another reefer. Beautiful fish.
I have a copperband in my 180 with my clams. The copperband has been in this tank for a year and a half. I have had clams in there over a year and as long as the clams are in the rock structure there is no problems. I have a big derasa I was going to try on the sand bed and as soon as the clam was placed the copperband went after it. I immediately removed it back to the 120 and all is well. As long as the clams{now there are 8} are in the rock I have no trouble at all. Mine has never even looked at aiptasia and will eat frozen mysis and brine.
my 180 ecosystem sps/clam tank:
http://berlinmethod.com/suet/
my 120 ecosystem sps tank:
http://suetruett.homestead.com/home.html
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my 180 ecosystem sps/clam tank:
http://berlinmethod.com/suet/
my 120 ecosystem sps tank:
http://suetruett.homestead.com/home.html
www.marshreef.org/members
piercho
New member
pacific littleneck clam description: http://www.psmfc.org/habitat/edu_pacclam_fact.html
image: http://www.psmfc.org/habitat/edu_pacclam_image.html
In the Pacific Northwest, manilla clams and littleneck clams are sold under the generic name "steamers". On the Atlantic side, I believe you guys call softshell clams "steamers". At any rate, they have stubby siphons hence the name "little"-neck. Harvested commercially in the Pac NW and my wife's favorite.
image: http://www.psmfc.org/habitat/edu_pacclam_image.html
In the Pacific Northwest, manilla clams and littleneck clams are sold under the generic name "steamers". On the Atlantic side, I believe you guys call softshell clams "steamers". At any rate, they have stubby siphons hence the name "little"-neck. Harvested commercially in the Pac NW and my wife's favorite.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
If a clam is not healthy, there may be a problem. My CB and clam get along great. Recently my 'CB' has taken a liking to eating "ReeferMac's mystery meatloaf"- a combo of frozen fresh squid, fish, clams etc. etc. Mysid and brineshrimp are also a fav!
