Fish questions..reef capability
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Dwarf Lion will eat pretty much anything he can catch and fit in his mouth. They are not super fast but neon goby ' s tend to get up close and personal. I looked at getting one but after a little research I Decided against it.
On the copper band front I do have quite a bit of experience. 1st off they are super hard to keep. I know some members who have been trying for a long time. If you have plenty of worms and aptasia for them to snack on while getting used to your tank and food supply then you have a leg up. But even then the mortality rate is less than %20. In terms of the clams it's a very small number of copper bands who will actually feed on a healthy specimen. But it is a possibility. I have been told 1 in 10 will go after a live clam. But have seen quite a few copper bands in tanks with clams and no adverse effects.
One outlet for copper bands I have found is exotic aquarium. The owner Nelson will put a copper band in one of the large reef tanks for about a month to see how it does. I actually purchased one of them from him and it would eat mysis right out of your hand. He charges about $10-$15 more than normal for these guys but I feel it's way more than worth it. Especially if you price one out of divers den. I ended up selling him to another member here for the same reason you started this post. Another Lfs guy told me he definitely would decimate my ultra maxima clams. A month later I see this guy with 2 CBB ' S in the tank with his maximas. His story changed to Maybe he will eat them. You just never really know. But I love clams and am waiting for Nelson to get another one of these pre acclimated cbb's going in the big tank so I can finally replace the last one.
Sorry for long reply but this topic hits a nerve for me.
On the copper band front I do have quite a bit of experience. 1st off they are super hard to keep. I know some members who have been trying for a long time. If you have plenty of worms and aptasia for them to snack on while getting used to your tank and food supply then you have a leg up. But even then the mortality rate is less than %20. In terms of the clams it's a very small number of copper bands who will actually feed on a healthy specimen. But it is a possibility. I have been told 1 in 10 will go after a live clam. But have seen quite a few copper bands in tanks with clams and no adverse effects.
One outlet for copper bands I have found is exotic aquarium. The owner Nelson will put a copper band in one of the large reef tanks for about a month to see how it does. I actually purchased one of them from him and it would eat mysis right out of your hand. He charges about $10-$15 more than normal for these guys but I feel it's way more than worth it. Especially if you price one out of divers den. I ended up selling him to another member here for the same reason you started this post. Another Lfs guy told me he definitely would decimate my ultra maxima clams. A month later I see this guy with 2 CBB ' S in the tank with his maximas. His story changed to Maybe he will eat them. You just never really know. But I love clams and am waiting for Nelson to get another one of these pre acclimated cbb's going in the big tank so I can finally replace the last one.
Sorry for long reply but this topic hits a nerve for me.
Diamond Jack
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I bought a copperband and then watched it start eating my acans... Then he went bye bye.
tcoral
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I had a copperband that was fine with squamosa or durasa but had a thing for blue clams like blue maximas or blue crocea. If the clam wasn't blue, it was OK, but blue was picked on ( would have to shoo the fish constantly away or build a cage around the clam and he try to find ways to bypass it to the clam). I guess it depends on individual fish.
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