NEW CBB ... of course.. with PICTUREs~!!

[aaron23]

Hey guys, been laying back letting things grow, busy with school and such spending less time on the boards hope u guys missed me .

Anyways i bought this new fish from fishtown. I saw that it ate a piece of mysis so i bought it, partially out of impulse but I've always wanted one.
The yellow tang and blue tang seem to be tolerating him but occasionally perking up their fins in front of the copper band. Its been 2 days. Brought him to my tank, hasn't eaten a thing since besides every fan worm in existence. It ate mysis at the store, but it doesnt seem to be interested in my mysis. I'm going to continually feed the tank and hope that he realizes there's good food being fed. :idea:


GEEZ I didn't know how hard it was to take pictures of the fish, why wont they just strike a pose for me? ? ? :p
Anyways enough with the blabbb and on to the pictures.........

Here he is swimming about minding his own business...

Hunting more fanworms....

I think i got him dead center!

Hope you guys enjoyed the pics. Leave me some feedback! A few tips on how to get the ccb to eat would help, i've never really had a problem with fish not eating, usually after a few days/feedings, they usually kick in and start eating again....

:bunny:

 

[deelucky]

wow pretty fish,good luck with him.i ont know much about these fish but i hope he oes well:teeth:

 

[pecan2phat]

Some CBBs will start taking in prepared foods after they decimate the feather dusters and aptasia population in a tank.
Some will never acclimate to prep foods also.
50/50 chance.
Good luck.

 

[aaron23]

awesome thanks so much warren hows the move btw are ya fully settled in?
thanks guys for replying =]

 

[reefman]

nice cbb. i was thinkin of gettin 1 too but unsure cause of their poor survival rate. if the fish is from FT, i hope u monitor him closely for the next 2 weeks for ick n parasite.

 

[aaron23]

i'm always really good with inspecting fish before they come into the tank (even though i cant see microscopically...) lol but yea i think he should be good to go

 

[jhale]

i'm always really good with inspecting fish before they come into the tank (even though i cant see microscopically...) lol but yea i think he should be good to go

:sigh: aaron how can you write that?

CBB's are not easy to care for, unless you became a marine biologist in the past six months why did you buy one? :supermad:

I only say this because I care...about the CBB.

where's my stick :irked:

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

No stick needed Jon!

Aaron, you should know better.

 

[aaron23]

dont worry J, the only things that have passed away were 2 regals... and if u dont include the male anthias and 2 chromis that a new sixline killed ( and i removed put in sump and now missing) yea thats 2 regals.

It will be good in my care you dont have to worry. He looks happy doesnt he ?

 

[jhale]

by the way tangs are notorious CBB killers as well.
watch them very closley.

RESEARCH! :arg:

Like i said in RG come pick up some CBB food if you want.

 

[TimberTDI]

dont worry J, the only things that have passed away were 2 regals... and if u dont include the male anthias and 2 chromis that a new sixline killed ( and i removed put in sump and now missing) yea thats 2 regals.

So you've only lost 6 fish in the past? I'm not bashing, I think the CBB probably has a better survival rate in your tank than someone who doesn't have any clue. I just found the above qoute humorous.

Steven

P.S. Just to give you a heads up. My buddy just lost a Flame & Potter's Angel due to the addition of Yellow Tang(from FT) that developed ick after it was introduced into the tank.

 

[WaterPlant]

Great fish. I had a bigger one before.

This is not to bash FT but I do have ick problem couple times in a roll with fish from FT even when the fish does not look sick at first. I almost give up saltwater fish until Wing rid the tank of the ick for me. I had no more ick problem from then on. Of course, I get all my new fish from him now. Just be careful. I also have a CBB from FT that he saved it from ick. The fish has been living for over half a year before I traded the CBB out. You can do it. GL.

 

[emp125g]

i can't believe you didn't put the CBB in QT 1st...
i QT all the fish now....learned the hard way

 

[reefman]

he's ridin dirty. :biglaugh:

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Do you want me to give you some aptasia? :eat: Don't complain if they become a pest in your tank:lol_large

Not much left even in the rock tank because I have also put my aptasia eating peppermint shrimp there to see how effective the shrimp vs CBB is.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

Great fish. I had a bigger one before.

This is not to bash FT but I do have ick problem couple times in a roll with fish from FT even when the fish does not look sick at first. I almost give up saltwater fish until Wing rid the tank of the ick for me. I had no more ick problem from then on. Of course, I get all my new fish from him now. Just be careful. I also have a CBB from FT that he saved it from ick. The fish has been living for over half a year before I traded the CBB out. You can do it. GL.

Talking about your CBB, you owe me big time. It ate my xmas rock which cost 3 times your CBB!!!!

 

[scarf_ace1981]

Talking about your CBB, you owe me big time. It ate my xmas rock which cost 3 times your CBB!!!!

wing you should have known it was gonna eat the dusters in the xmas rock

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

wing you should have known it was gonna eat the dusters in the xmas rock

I thought it would like the aptasia more but turned out that it finished my baby feathers first.

BTW, if I come across another one, I have baby feathers from my grow out tank for it so it will be very happy.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

RESEARCH!

:grumpy::dead:

 

[aaron23]

WOOHOOOO fish finally ate some mysis today took 5 big pieces