Copperbanded Butterfly with corals
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sufunk
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I put a cbb in my 180g about 2 weeks ago as a last gasp effort against my massive aipsia problem. I cant tell if it has eaten any aiptasia(too many to notice a difference yet!) and i cant even tell if he has eaten anything at all.
Mine though, definitely hasnt picked on any of my corals though at least so far. My open brain and all my zoos, softies, lps and sps are all still intact since adding the cbb.
Mine though, definitely hasnt picked on any of my corals though at least so far. My open brain and all my zoos, softies, lps and sps are all still intact since adding the cbb.
From my admittedly very limited copperband butterfly experience (which consists of keeping one specimen for about 4 months or so, when it inexplicably stopped eating and expired), and from reviewing lots of threads about them, the one thing I would say for sure is that they love feather dusters, and it would be a very unusual specimen that would ignore them. Mine was in the display tank for literally about five seconds before it took out the one feather duster I had.
MaineReefer14
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I had the same problem with aiptasia and was told to try a Lemonpeel Angel. With in days they were all gone. I then placed it in another tank with the same results.
I've had two - years apart. Both cleared the tank of Aiptasia and every tube worm then starved. Never touched the LPS but picked over barren the rock and ignored added food.
Once the aiptasia are gone I would pull the fish out of a tank with liverock and see if you can teach it to take flake or frozen before placing it back in.
Once the aiptasia are gone I would pull the fish out of a tank with liverock and see if you can teach it to take flake or frozen before placing it back in.
REEF-n-Chicago
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I have never heard of using a lemon peel angel 
Anyone else tried this?
Anyone else tried this?badbrady06
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heniochus cleared my tank of aptasia ate all the little feather dusters to
I was successful keeping a CBB for about 2 years. I bought the fish to try a get rid of aptasia and it did just that. The CBB also ate all feather dusters but never bothered any corals. Sold the fish with the tank when I moved.
I bought the CBB because the one my dad purchased ate his aptasia too. His CBB is still alive, he's had it for about 4 years. Great fish if you can get one that eats.
I bought the CBB because the one my dad purchased ate his aptasia too. His CBB is still alive, he's had it for about 4 years. Great fish if you can get one that eats.
mine doesnt touch my corals, had em for about 5 months. He eats very well though. Enjoys mysis but loves live black worms. I think feeding the worms is the key, since they naturally go after tube worms Ect.... He will eat them as fast as I can put them in. And he gets aggressive shoving all others out of his way, its hilarious! I love watching him eat
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