kev311 Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I bought a copper banded butterfly fish to take care of the aiptasia in my tank in witch he made short work of. so my question is this, what do i feed him now? is there something that you guys have fed that you have found them to readily eat because ive presented a few different types of food with not much luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoobtoSalt Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Just get a nice patch of zoas.DOH! Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteRock Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I had one of these many years ago when I lived in Denver. Only thing I could get it to eat was live brine. What a PITA that was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I skimmed through a few of these and it seems PE mysis, Nutramar, and black worms are the favored choices. Oh and clams on the half shell. Good luck with him they are awesome fish. http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=getting+a+copperband+to+eat&oq=getting+a+copper&aq=1&aqi=g2g-K2&aql=&gs_l=hp.1.1.0l2j0i30l2.1080.4628.0.7764.16.11.0.5.5.0.173.1562.0j11.11.0...0.0.brV0TJsVJE8&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=7f9f38e4fa4349bd&biw=1280&bih=680 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev311 Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 thanks guys for the input, but I came home today and he had died. I am at a total loss, I just can't understand what could have gone wrong everything else in my tank is healthy and happy,my water parameters are perfect. and he didn't show any sign off stress. can they eat too much aiptasia?I've only had him about 4 days. Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derbird Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Sorry to hear about your loss :( By far the worst part of the hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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