Copperband

[mflamb]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13252436#post13252436 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shelburn61
Mine picks at frozen mysis, but is much more interested in frozen tubifex (blackworms)

I'll try that next.

 

[Outerbank]

Those are beautiful fish! Glad to see that you are teaching them how to eat a variety of food while in quarentine by themself.

 

[Aqua Keepers]

Like other delicate fish, I'm wondering if people have better success with these fish if they ere from certain waters.
Singapore -vs- Indo Pacific -vs- Australia

 

[supervdl]

I have heard the fishes from Australia are supposed to be the best. Not sure where mine is from, but he looked good in the store.

 

[crvz]

Not sure where those I've purchased have come from, but the two I've tried died after a few months in the tank. never really ate for me, unfortunately.

 

[supervdl]

If you have a good LFS and they tell you that they eat brine in the store it goes a long way.

 

[mflamb]

Based on the prices that I've seen online, I don't think mine came from Australia. The ones that I know of that came from my LFS all have done well.

 

[shelburn61]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13260417#post13260417 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crvz
Not sure where those I've purchased have come from, but the two I've tried died after a few months in the tank. never really ate for me, unfortunately.

Were they eating prepared food in QT or at the LFS? I think it's key to have them eating well before they have to compete in the display...

 

[supervdl]

Mine was eating brine in the LFS and then brine and mysis in QT.

 

[mflamb]

The rock from the refugium that had Aptasia also had quite a bit of culerpa on it. Now all of the culerpa is gone also. Do Copperbands eat algae???

 

[supervdl]

I would say they don't eat algae. Did he take care of the aptesia?

 

[mflamb]

The Aptasia was gone in 1 day. The culerpa was gone in 5. There is nothing else in the tank, so the Copperband must have eaten the algae.

 

[supervdl]

I certainly wouldn't mind that extra benefit