Copperband butterfly and peppermint shrimp...aptasia is gone.

[ctgretzky9]

Success! No longer will i have to embark on the monthly ritual of using joes juice to fight the dreaded aptasia.
The CBB is doing awesome, almost all of the reachable aptasia is gone. I watched him pick those suckers right out with his "snout" of a mouth over the last few weeks. I have plenty of aptasia in my fuge, and in my "sump" to ensure they continue to grow as a food supply for him. And as well, there is still a lot of apt on the inside of a rock structure that the damsels wont let him go to. In addition, he has taken very well to mysis shrimp, even eats a bit of the Optimum H2O flake food, and nibbles on the seaweed roll I attach to a rubberband for the tang.
The peppermint shrimps...I never saw them eat any of the apt, even at night with a flashlight. They have been just eating during feeding time. I do think they must have eaten a little of the apt, since there are a couple apt I knew of that I cant see the CBB getting to, and it happens to be where the 5 PS have made their home.
All in all, great job on the apt. I am very pleased.

 

[yellow ace]

Glad you had success!
-ace

 

[hot883]

Originally Posted by ctgretzky9
Success! No longer will i have to embark on the monthly ritual of using joes juice to fight the dreaded aptasia.
The CBB is doing awesome, almost all of the reachable aptasia is gone. I watched him pick those suckers right out with his "snout" of a mouth over the last few weeks. I have plenty of aptasia in my fuge, and in my "sump" to ensure they continue to grow as a food supply for him. And as well, there is still a lot of apt on the inside of a rock structure that the damsels wont let him go to. In addition, he has taken very well to mysis shrimp, even eats a bit of the Optimum H2O flake food, and nibbles on the seaweed roll I attach to a rubberband for the tang.
The peppermint shrimps...I never saw them eat any of the apt, even at night with a flashlight. They have been just eating during feeding time. I do think they must have eaten a little of the apt, since there are a couple apt I knew of that I cant see the CBB getting to, and it happens to be where the 5 PS have made their home.
All in all, great job on the apt. I am very pleased.
Thats good to hear. You do not have any corals do you?

 

[angelspot]

what kind of corals do you have? do you have any featherdusters?

 

[ctgretzky9]

yes, plenty of coral, but no nipping as of yet. It doesnt seem interested in any of the gorgonians, polyps or other similar types as you would think.
I don't know how realistic the threat caused by CBB's are. In my conversations with other keepers, and the LFS, no one seems to have a problem with them. I think as long as you keep them well fed, they seem to be ok.

 

[jamie814]

I had a CBB in a reef also the only coral they WILL deystroy is tube worms or feather dusters as they like to "pick" the worms out of their tubes. I have never heard anyone else complain about a CBB hurting any other corals eaither.