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Bump - lets talk about CopperBand butterflyfish
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Copperband Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) (1 Viewer)
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Has anyone run their copper band through a copper treatment?
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I have one and love it. It is housed with other less aggressive fish. They can be hard to keep weight on. If you have tangs or other quick aggressive eaters I would not add one to your rank.
Well that is a bummer. I was planning on trying to keep one but will have tangs. I guess I should re-think that.
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I appreciate your opinion.
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Agree that a CBB cannot compete for free-floating food with a bunch of tangs. It’s not worth trying. CBBs graze by slowly finding and picking food out of holes in rock. PaulB made a feeder that I copied. You take two threaded PVC pieces (a cap and a plug), then drill several holes in them. You take a hunk of PE mysis, put inside the feeder and close it up. Then, the tangs can’t get to the food but the CBB can. I kept a CBB for years this way. Just got one yesterday too.
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Thanks for the info Lee.
What size holes did you use?
Where did you get your CBB?
What size holes did you use?
Where did you get your CBB?
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Oh, probably 1/4” or 3/8”. I tried to make them bigger than necessary. In my old tank, I zip-tied the feeder to a power head magnet so I could mount it on the wall for easy access.
I picked up the CBB at Infiniti Fish. Was very impressed with how Lucy took care of the fish.
Eventually, the tangs learn that only the CBB can get to the food, so they wait around the feeder until the CBB comes to shake things up a bit.
I picked up the CBB at Infiniti Fish. Was very impressed with how Lucy took care of the fish.
Eventually, the tangs learn that only the CBB can get to the food, so they wait around the feeder until the CBB comes to shake things up a bit.
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Ummm so I was bad today and did an impulse buy. I went to store to get some turbo snails for my tank and they had some CBB's for sale. I asked them to feed and both actively fed from water column. So I got the one that had more spunk.
So the system they are in at the store runs low level copper. My 55g QT has copper. But more importantly my QT has a hybrid black tang about the same size as CBB.
What are the odds on the hybrid black being a turd to the CBB? I can build a separator if needed but would rather not.
So the system they are in at the store runs low level copper. My 55g QT has copper. But more importantly my QT has a hybrid black tang about the same size as CBB.
What are the odds on the hybrid black being a turd to the CBB? I can build a separator if needed but would rather not.
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yeah I saw that. unfortunately my QT just has 2 hang on back filters. with a pad and cermic pellets in it.
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Put some large pieces of scrap PVC and acrylic in the tank to throw off the tang. It reduces the territoriality if they feel they’re in a new place. The CBB has spines and can fend off a tang. I wouldn’t worry.
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so far they are each hanging out on opposite sides. but I swear I can hear the cheers from a roman stadium in the background... lol..
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@GotFrogs, @Alex77619 how are you feeding yours?
@Lee was using a tube with holes to keep all the faster feeders out. Curious what you guys do.
@Lee was using a tube with holes to keep all the faster feeders out. Curious what you guys do.
