reefreak29
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i bought a copperbanded last week for aptasia control hes 5 inches, he loves brine shrimp but isnt touching my aptasia is this something that takes time or is it hit or miss?
copperband butterfly ?
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lion_crazz
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Of course he loves brine shrimp. This is a treat for saltwater fish. It does not contain any nutrition (if we are talking about live brine). I would start feeding him frozen foods, and if does not go after this, he will go after the next best thing, the aipstasia. I say this is the next best thing because it is live.
reefreak29
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my bad i ment mysis i dont even buy brine shrimp
lion_crazz
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Oh, okay. Well then I would just give him time then.
reefreak29
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does anyone else own one and did it eat the aptasia?
saltydog
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Originally Posted by reefreak29
does anyone else own one and did it eat the aptasia?
I have one and he cleaned up my aptasia. He nows eats Mysis and Blood Worms. I sometimes move some rubble from my sump to the tank. These sometimes have aptasia growing or Copepods. He picks around on the rubble until its picked clean.
-Salty
does anyone else own one and did it eat the aptasia?
I have one and he cleaned up my aptasia. He nows eats Mysis and Blood Worms. I sometimes move some rubble from my sump to the tank. These sometimes have aptasia growing or Copepods. He picks around on the rubble until its picked clean.
-Salty
reefreak29
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did he eat the aptasia right away or did iy take a few weeks
i also have a yellow tang nice pic
i also have a yellow tang nice pic
wilsonreef
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I thought about a copper butterfly for the same reason. My concern is that I have a yellow tang and a hippo and the yellow tang tried everything in the book to kill the hippo at first. Im wondering if these two will gang up on the butterfly?
reefreak29
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my yellow tang wasnt to mean to him now he just ignores him
tropicalreefs
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Do you notice the copper band picking on your polyps? I was thinking of getting one as well. My problem is that I have a red sea zebra tang that beats on every new fish I have ever put in the tank. It drives my wife crazy because we only have a couple of fish and she wants to get another one but he's/she's so mean.
crox
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Originally Posted by Buzzword
Mine ate all my aptasia right after he finished off the about 50-75 little pest featherdusters that were overtaking the left side of my tank. He doesn't bother any of the corals yet either. I have had him about 2 months.
So he's reef safe? Or eventually he will touch your corals?
Mine ate all my aptasia right after he finished off the about 50-75 little pest featherdusters that were overtaking the left side of my tank. He doesn't bother any of the corals yet either. I have had him about 2 months.
So he's reef safe? Or eventually he will touch your corals?
