Copperband Butterflyfish

[Ariel110G]

So I got a Copperband Butterflyfish this Sunday, my tank isa 110 gallon running for the past 2 years with a sump/refugim. I know he is adifficult fish to feed.

Fellow reefers thathave one or had one, I will like to know for how long you have or had this fish& what are you feeding?

 

[Euroreefer]

I used to have one and fed it live black worms, its the only thing it would eat. for some reason it would go crazy when it saw them hit the water. Totally by passed pellets/ mysis.:scratchch

 

[duke62]

Had mine now for a year now. It eats EVERYTHING and is the most ferocious eater in my system. I started him with black worms and bloodworms but it started eating mysis and brine in a few days

 

[4Fish]

I had one for almost 10 years, it died as a result of Sandy. I think there is a bit of luck. I also have a mature reef tank (12 + years) which I think helps. It ate very well, frozen shrimp, and maybe some flake food by accident. I also purchased the fish when it was small.

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/q600/gbsreef/64.jpg

 

[Jarrett]

i have had two and failed both times good luck! lol

 

[Gabe]

I had 1 and all it ate was live brine shrimp.

 

[Ariel110G]

Thanks for the info

 

[d5332]

Mine eats Mysis and Aptasia and I am sure pods because it picks at rock all day.

It took weeks to witness it actually eating and I think it was only stimulated by full acclimation and aptasia.

 

[FaviaFreak]

get him started with live brine or live black worms and than eventually mix in frozen until he's strictly eating frozen or flake

 

[ming]

I've had mine for about 6+ months now. When I first got it, it would only pick at the spegetti worms all over my tank. I also have a deep sand bed so it helps for the spegetti worms.
Over time, it slowly weaned from spegetti worms to mysis, but they will also go for live blackworms as well until you wean them onto mysis.

 

[MIKE NY]

have mine alittle over a month now...cleaned the tank of aiptasia and its constantly cruising the sandbed for worms and the rocks for colony hydriods and little dusters, but hasn't touched anything else yet....been trying blackworms, bloodworms, clams on the half shell etc....

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

Mine just started eating frozen mysis shrimp... But it seems healthy, so must be eating something, considering he wiped out hundreds of aptasia and has been without any for at least three weeks!

Alfred

 

[Ariel110G]

Where can I get blackworms or live blackworms??

 

[duke62]

any LFS should sell live blackworms

 

[Alfredo De La Fe]

I have found that many LFS have stopped carrying live food to my surprise. Be sure you get blackworms and not tubifex. (Ask them if they are "California Black worms")