Say hello to my new Parachaetodon ocellatus

[SDguy]

They also handled a 10 minute freshwater bath without any issue

 

[griseum]

Those are Gorgeous! GL

 

[SDguy]

Thank you!

BTW if anyone has any experiences to share, please, feel free. I've never even seen these in person before, much less kept them...

 

[SoLiD]

Are they in your tank yet? More pictures please.

 

[SDguy]

They are in QT of course I'll snap some pics today when the lights come on.

 

[SDguy]

The larger one ate live blackworms. Judging by their behavior, I don't think they naturally feed out of the water column.... they don't even notice food floating by... once it lands on the floor, they notice.

 

[stuifbol]

Like most buterflies they don't feed out of the water column indeed....I say start with clams on the half shell and reef paste on dead coral skeletons

The larger one ate live blackworms. Judging by their behavior, I don't think they naturally feed out of the water column.... they don't even notice food floating by... once it lands on the floor, they notice.

 

[SDguy]

At this point they will grab anything that hits the water. While they are sampling most items, so far the only item they truly eat, not surprisingly, are the live blackworms.

 

[SDguy]

Ugh... typical butterflies... the larger one has become extremely aggressive to the smaller one. Hopefully once they are in the 240g DT it won't be so bad.

 

[beachbreak]

Doh! Hope everything works out. Beauties!

What about those pictures "once the lights come on" :fun4:

 

[SDguy]

Good news, I saw them both eat some minced scallop.... finally, something other than live blackworms!!! I'm once again hopeful.

 

[SDguy]

Thanks, I'm so glad they finally started eating something besides the worms!

 

[SDguy]

I think I am in the clear. They both ate copious amounts of scallop last night!

:dance:

 

[SNAKEMANVET]

Great looking fish,glad to hear they are doing good.

 

[elegance coral]

Those are some thick butterflies for being fresh off the boat.

Do you use an acclimation chamber to introduce new butterflies to your DT, or do they just go right in?

 

[SDguy]

Those are some thick butterflies for being fresh off the boat.

Do you use an acclimation chamber to introduce new butterflies to your DT, or do they just go right in?

It depends. Usually they just go right in. Currently the semilarvatus is in a time out for being aggressive. Otherwise, I haven't had any major issues. I've tried to avoid well known aggressive butterflies, like auriga and ulietensis.

 

[SDguy]

Those are some thick butterflies for being fresh off the boat.

I should have mentioned, I totally agree... they were so thick and healthy looking, so at $25 a pop I couldn't resist. I think having them be so healthy to start with helped my chances (ie they could deal with lack of food for quite a bit before getting used to what I feed). This same concept, I think, applies to other difficult fish.

 

[Ambition]

Glad you are having success with them! Couldn't agree more with the thickness of fish being a good thing once acquired. My C. deborae came to me pretty fat, lasted a good three to five weeks without taking in captive foods (might have eaten from the rocks, not sure though). Gives quite a bit of cushion room for finding the food it likes.

 

[SDguy]

Glad you are having success with them! Couldn't agree more with the thickness of fish being a good thing once acquired.

Unfortunately it didn't help me with the larvatus I tried

 

[SDguy]

So getting a good shot of these guys is next to impossible, since they are constantly zipping around the tank. These are the best I could do...