tricks to get cbb on his job

[dadonoflaw]

i recently bought a large cbb which cost me 40 plus the 60 for a large coco worm. that said i want to know what i can do to get him on the aiptasia. i tried feeding the aiptasia mysis so that he would try one but he ignored it. any suggestions?

 

[Chibils]

CCBs are hit-or-miss. Sometimes, they won't even eat aiptasia. If that's why you bought him, you can take him back to the lfs and get Joe's Juice or do it yourself with lemon juice.

 

[fishdave739]

He'll probably go after that coco worm before the aptasia!

 

[dadonoflaw]

crap! i tried the manual method and it didnt work very well for me. he hasnt been in a month yet. is there a chance he may try them later?

 

[snorvich]

Not likely. More likely to go after the coco worm. CBB are iffy for aiptasia and for the matter are iffy to feed.

 

[kilmca]

I had a CBB to get rid of aptasia in a previous tank. The CBB took about a week or two to start eating them but it was great at removing them. If it's been close to a month I doubt it will start eating the Aptasia. Is the fish eating the mysis that you offer? If not eating consider returning it to the lfs.

 

[reef_doug]

If he isn't eating anything, try feeding live black worms or frozen blood worms (mosquito larvae).

 

[2dawghouse]

Try peppermint shrimp, they worked great for me.

 

[reefer1024]

I also have had great luck with peppermint shrimp

 

[kelvin88]

Yeah peppermint shrimp works for me too

 

[jda]

I have had my current CBB for 18 months and it has never touched an aiptasia. It rarely even eats offered foods - maybe a piece of mysis every now and then. By most accounts, I am living on borrowed time with him having had it so long, but perhaps the key is letting the tank feed it.

I also have had great luck with peppermints, but you need more than a few of them. It also helps if you kalk/juice the larger ones.

 

[Evansbr]

I also vote for peppermints.. haven't seen an aptasia in years..
kinda hard to find the shrimp too till the lights go out. I added 5 shrimp and they seemed to pick off the smaller aptasia first.. must taste better
:lol:

 

[Chibils]

I got a defective pep. He refuses to look at my aips.

Prodded at a majano once, then turned away...