Copperband eat$ frozen?
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LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
FWIW I've lost a few copperbands even after eating. Fish caught using cyanide can continue to eat but suffer irreversable internal damage than does them in several weeks down the road.
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LongRoad
In Memoriam
Same, I had a copperband that was eating EVERYTHING! Seemed VERY healthy and then one day I woke up to it dead....
falconut
New member
They're not impossible to wean onto frozen. The hard part sometimes is finding one that eats. All of the ones I've had that ate, started with live brine and live blackworms, then within weeks started eatting frozen brine and mysis. When I got my last one, the LFS had 8, but only the one ate.
Now like the others said, I had two that were eatting great, then around 6 months, just stoped eatting and died a couple days later. I had my last one for just under a year, but had to sell him since he started to mess with my clam. Now I fed him live blackworms almost every day along with frozen mysis. That might be why he did so good. So, I'd recommend feeding live blackworms with the frozen food.
Don't expect peolpe to pay more for a fish that eats, that's what they're supposed to do.
Now like the others said, I had two that were eatting great, then around 6 months, just stoped eatting and died a couple days later. I had my last one for just under a year, but had to sell him since he started to mess with my clam. Now I fed him live blackworms almost every day along with frozen mysis. That might be why he did so good. So, I'd recommend feeding live blackworms with the frozen food.
Don't expect peolpe to pay more for a fish that eats, that's what they're supposed to do.
Which does NOT mean that the fish will survive long term.
I think this has more to do with it than anything. I tried two Indonesian CBBs that both ate mysis voraciously, withered and died. My last attempt was an Australian fish. I had it for almost 5 years before loosing it to a pump failure.
SkyPapa
Premium Member
Well, I purchased a CBB from DD last week and paid close to triple, including shipping, the cost at a LFS.
A 4.5 inch one that was advertised as eating mysis.
He? went in the tank 180g Wed. and I was getting a little concerned as he wasn't interested in mysis. But he ate the feather dusters and was actively hunting.
Finally today he went after mysis and ate a bunch.
He still needs to get used to the tank and be more aggressive when it's feeding time as my 2 potters, a foxface , 4 chromis, and a bunch of anthias are very aggressive eaters. They snatch his target. I had to put 3 extra cubes in so he could get some.
I feed a mix of different frozen, cyclopseze and nls pellets several times a day.
Here is a pic I just took. I hope he has a long life.
A 4.5 inch one that was advertised as eating mysis.
He? went in the tank 180g Wed. and I was getting a little concerned as he wasn't interested in mysis. But he ate the feather dusters and was actively hunting.
Finally today he went after mysis and ate a bunch.
He still needs to get used to the tank and be more aggressive when it's feeding time as my 2 potters, a foxface , 4 chromis, and a bunch of anthias are very aggressive eaters. They snatch his target. I had to put 3 extra cubes in so he could get some.
I feed a mix of different frozen, cyclopseze and nls pellets several times a day.
Here is a pic I just took. I hope he has a long life.
Znut Reefer
Premium Member
Here is my Copperband I got from DD about 2 mos ago. He loves PE Mysis. It took a few days before he started eating. I guess he had to get use to the tank. I hope to be able to keep him long term.
sanchoy
New member
Easy easy. All i'm saying is that this fish tends to die fast in the trade because it does not eat in captivity and some never wean on to frozen at all dieing to starvation. Most people will ask the LFS to feed this fish before purchase and most of the time the fish will not eat the frozen food.
I know some people that will pay triple for the asking price on this fish that will eat frozen. Would you rather pay extra to get a fish you know that will eat, then one that probably won't most of time? Same thing goes for mandarins, people tend to pay more for one that accepts frozen then one that starves without live food.
I know some people that will pay triple for the asking price on this fish that will eat frozen. Would you rather pay extra to get a fish you know that will eat, then one that probably won't most of time? Same thing goes for mandarins, people tend to pay more for one that accepts frozen then one that starves without live food.
let's see how those ORA mandarins are priced
sanchoy
New member
I am not a vendor or LFS. So tell that to the stores that sell more overs thousands of these fish to customers, that later end up dieing.
All i'm saying is that people will pay more for this fish if it accepts frozen. What vendor do you work for? since you handle more than 50+ healthy copperbands a year you should offer them fully healthy guarantied to eat frozen as you claim. Everyone should know you!!! come out in the open and plug your chain of copperbands, I know many people that want healthy specimens.
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Blitzburggirl
Member
When I was looking for a copperband (finally got one from a LFS that was eating frozen mysis) I was willing to make a long drive, and pay 2-3 times the price generally asked for them, to get one that had been around for a while. Knowing that eating is a challenge in many cases, I find it sad that people buy them, not eating, knowing this (but admit my will was getting weak 
) But I find it in very poor taste for them to be sold if they aren't eating.
) But I find it in very poor taste for them to be sold if they aren't eating.
Jacob D
New member
It shouldn't sell for any more than any other copperband... or to rephrase it more correctly... who the heck would buy a fish that doesn't eat in the first place?? Point being it's just like any other fish. The fact that it's eating is nothing special. The ones that don't eat should be left in the store; they should probably all be left in the ocean anyway.
Copperbands eat frozen, they'll eat all kinds of food and they'll still die, a few make it long term.
Hey Doug, was your Australian fish the marginalis or was it a rostratus? I've been curious how the margined butterfiles do in captivity.
Copperbands eat frozen, they'll eat all kinds of food and they'll still die, a few make it long term.
Hey Doug, was your Australian fish the marginalis or was it a rostratus? I've been curious how the margined butterfiles do in captivity.
It was a rostratus.
