Copperband attempt… again.
A few days ago I bought a Copperband Butterflyfish, a fish I’ve always loved but never had long-term success with. Either they stop eating or slowly fade away.
At the store he was already eating brine shrimp, which gave me some confidence.
Right now he’s in an acclimation box inside my display so he can observe the tank before release.
My biggest concern besides feeding is aggression from my tangs:
• Purple Tang
• Blue Eye Bristletooth Tang
I’ve been researching the clam on the half shell method for feeding and also the mirror trick to distract the tangs when I release him.
Let’s see how this one goes. I’ll document the journey.
Anyone here successfully kept a Copperband long term?
Is this safe? Hugging each other? Holding hands together? or stinging each other 😅?
One time we had a puffer fish but we sold him and the video is the reasen hé eat all of my corals.
Copperband attempt… again.
A few days ago I bought a Copperband Butterflyfish, a fish I’ve always loved but never had long-term success with. Either they stop eating or slowly fade away.
At the store he was already eating brine shrimp, which gave me some confidence.
Right now he’s in an acclimation box inside my display so he can observe the tank before release.
My biggest concern besides feeding is aggression from my tangs:
• Purple Tang
• Blue Eye Bristletooth Tang
I’ve been researching the clam on the half shell method for feeding and also the mirror trick to distract the tangs when I release him.
Let’s see how this one goes. I’ll document the journey.
Anyone here successfully kept a Copperband long term?
Sad day. My peppermint shrimp started going after my torch coral last night and It is not looking so good. Used the bottle trap to get the shrimp back to LFS. Once they taste torch it’s really hard to get them to stop. Big mistake is I added Torch coral after the shrimp.
My damselfish started to defend its territory under the rock and I saw people say it could harm others fish, but mine seems to be just nibbing the female clownfish. Was it safe?