Copperband Butterfly info

[maroun.c]

Hi,
so far I found out that it's a hard to get this fish to eat. I still need to know if it's reefsafe, if it will munch on Soft corals or clams....
Thanks for any info or tips.

 

[shabreeson]

everything that you asked depends on the fish. if you can ask to see it eat mysis. Mine still won't eat mysis, and only eats live black worms, so far has not picked on my soft coral and LPS. I will soon test it with clams and sps.

 

[datablitz]

they are generally reef safe, sometimes will also eat feather dusters, clams and corals are generally safe. i have housed these before, but lost it due to a parasite from a later fish. but getting them to eat food is the trick to keeping them in a clean system

 

[BigH55]

They love clams

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

I've had mine for a week, and it's not eating anything I want it to eat. It is however picking at anthelia, clams, feather dusters, starfish, and bubble coral.

 

[Hal]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11944916#post11944916 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by datablitz
they are generally reef safe, sometimes will also eat feather dusters, clams and corals are generally safe.

For featherdusters, there's no "sometimes" about them. They WILL eat featherdusters. It's part of their normal diet.

Mine seems to prefer frozen mysis (P.E. brand, it wouldn't eat some others) and frozen bloodworms.

I think I'll start a new thread about what people successfully feed their CBB's.

 

[Kootch]

I had good success by stuffing an empty hermit crab shell with mysis and then dropping it to the bottom of the tank right in front of the copperband. After a couple of tries he finally started to pick the food out..
When I first got the fish it wasn't interested in catching any food from the water column. It would only pick at the rocks.
After a week or two of using the shell it started to learn how to grab the free floating food and was soon competing with all of the other fish at feeding time.

 

[drstupid]

IMO the trick is to QT them long enough to get them eating. clams on the half shell will get them eating.

 

[datablitz]

ive had some in the past and they never messed with my clam