Help with Copper Banded Butterfly - Aquarium Advice

TheChad · 04-13-2006, 03:05 PM

Hey All,

I picked up a new Copper Banded Butterfly yesterday, to replace my old one that didn't make it threw copper treatment for Ich..

My 1st one was eating from the very beginning, This one has yet to eat. I put in some Frozen Mysis shirmp yesterday, and he was not interested at all. Today I put some frozen Mega-Marine Angel by Bio Pure (I know he is a butterfly, not an Angel, but that's what the LSF gave me to feed him).

He picked at a few pieces, but it looked like he spit them all back out...

He has only been in the tank about 24 hours now. He is basically hanging out in one corner of the tank, every so often he will take a little swim around, and then he goes back to the corner...

I just want to check and make sure there is nothing I should be worried about, and to see if there is anything I should / Can do for him?

Thanks,

-TheChad

Hara · 04-13-2006, 03:57 PM

Getting a copperband butterfly to eat can be difficult. You might want to try soaking brine shrimp in garlic. I have found that they will usually eat brine before any other frozen, then after they are eating that well enough, you can try to switch them over to mysis.

**melosu58** · 04-13-2006, 03:59 PM

It`s not unusual for them to be shy and hide the first couple of days.Really that`s for any fish

Brenden · 04-13-2006, 11:20 PM

Blood worms and cyclopeeze mixed together. It will love it.

**lando** · 04-14-2006, 04:20 PM

was the fish eating at the LFS? If so...what? Make sure you offer very small bits of food as this fish has a small mouth.

TheChad · 04-14-2006, 07:34 PM

This fih had just come in to the LFS the morning I picked him up. They offered to keep him for a few days, but it was a not-so-local fish store and I didn't want to drive back again...

I have offered him Mysis shirmp, Brine Shirmp, and the Bio Pure Mega Marine Angel frozen food, He was not interested at all with the Mysis, he picked at the brine shirmp, but I didn't see him eat any...

*** Update ***

I just feed him some blood worms, and he was all over them like white on rice...

I am very happy to see him eat... What steps should I take next to get him eating other things? From what I understand blood worms and brine shirmp are like candy to him and don't really have anything good for him... So I want to make sure I can get him to eat what will keep him healthy..

-TheChad

Hara · 04-14-2006, 08:37 PM

umm....try soaking the food in garlic oil

TheChad · 04-14-2006, 09:29 PM

I have Kent's extreme Garlic.. I aways soak all my frozen food in it...

-TheChad

Brenden · 04-14-2006, 09:54 PM

Good to hear the blood worms worked for you. Do you have any other vitamins to soak food in? (selcon, zoe, zoecon, etc)

TheChad · 04-14-2006, 10:47 PM

Nope, don't have any vitamins. The Bio Pure Blood Worms says it has some vitamins, B12, C, and a couple other I think...

I put a bunch of blood worms in a little at a time, but he stops after about 6 worms... I know our last one would eat 15 or so pieces of brine shirmp... So hopefully he will start eating a little more..

Thankfully any of the uneaten food, the crabs and shirmp clean right up...

-TheChad

04-13-2006, 03:05 PM	#1
TheChad Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Warrensburg, IL Posts: 446	Help with Copper Banded Butterfly Hey All, I picked up a new Copper Banded Butterfly yesterday, to replace my old one that didn't make it threw copper treatment for Ich.. My 1st one was eating from the very beginning, This one has yet to eat. I put in some Frozen Mysis shirmp yesterday, and he was not interested at all. Today I put some frozen Mega-Marine Angel by Bio Pure (I know he is a butterfly, not an Angel, but that's what the LSF gave me to feed him). He picked at a few pieces, but it looked like he spit them all back out... He has only been in the tank about 24 hours now. He is basically hanging out in one corner of the tank, every so often he will take a little swim around, and then he goes back to the corner... I just want to check and make sure there is nothing I should be worried about, and to see if there is anything I should / Can do for him? Thanks, -TheChad

04-13-2006, 03:57 PM	#2
Hara Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,867 Images: 33	Getting a copperband butterfly to eat can be difficult. You might want to try soaking brine shrimp in garlic. I have found that they will usually eat brine before any other frozen, then after they are eating that well enough, you can try to switch them over to mysis. __________________ ~~~~~Hara~~~~~~ View My Tanks Visit FantasyReef.com's Databases!

04-13-2006, 11:20 PM	#4
Brenden Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Piedmont, NC Posts: 3,876 Images: 32	Blood worms and cyclopeeze mixed together. It will love it. __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist. If guns kill people...Spoons make Michael Moore fat.

04-14-2006, 04:20 PM	#5
lando Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Savage, MN Posts: 7,669 Images: 46	was the fish eating at the LFS? If so...what? Make sure you offer very small bits of food as this fish has a small mouth. __________________ Some people are like slinkies...they serve no real purpose yet can still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs! Have a great day! Brian

04-14-2006, 08:37 PM	#7
Hara Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Louisiana Posts: 6,867 Images: 33	umm....try soaking the food in garlic oil __________________ ~~~~~Hara~~~~~~ View My Tanks Visit FantasyReef.com's Databases!

04-14-2006, 07:34 PM	#6
TheChad Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Warrensburg, IL Posts: 446	This fih had just come in to the LFS the morning I picked him up. They offered to keep him for a few days, but it was a not-so-local fish store and I didn't want to drive back again... I have offered him Mysis shirmp, Brine Shirmp, and the Bio Pure Mega Marine Angel frozen food, He was not interested at all with the Mysis, he picked at the brine shirmp, but I didn't see him eat any... * Update * I just feed him some blood worms, and he was all over them like white on rice... I am very happy to see him eat... What steps should I take next to get him eating other things? From what I understand blood worms and brine shirmp are like candy to him and don't really have anything good for him... So I want to make sure I can get him to eat what will keep him healthy.. -TheChad

04-14-2006, 09:29 PM	#8
TheChad Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Warrensburg, IL Posts: 446	I have Kent's extreme Garlic.. I aways soak all my frozen food in it... -TheChad __________________ 90 Gallon Drilled Glass Tank w/ Corner Overflow: 492w (2x 150w 10,000K MH, 2x 96w Actinic CF) Coralife Aqualight Pro \| ProClear Aquatics 125 Wet/Dry Sump \| Coralife Super Skimmer 65 \| Penguin Power Head 660 x2 \| 120lbs of Live Rock \| 80lbs of Live Sand

04-14-2006, 09:54 PM	#9
Brenden Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Piedmont, NC Posts: 3,876 Images: 32	Good to hear the blood worms worked for you. Do you have any other vitamins to soak food in? (selcon, zoe, zoecon, etc) __________________ The fact that no one understands you doesn't make you an artist. If guns kill people...Spoons make Michael Moore fat.

04-14-2006, 10:47 PM	#10
TheChad Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Warrensburg, IL Posts: 446	Nope, don't have any vitamins. The Bio Pure Blood Worms says it has some vitamins, B12, C, and a couple other I think... I put a bunch of blood worms in a little at a time, but he stops after about 6 worms... I know our last one would eat 15 or so pieces of brine shirmp... So hopefully he will start eating a little more.. Thankfully any of the uneaten food, the crabs and shirmp clean right up... -TheChad __________________ 90 Gallon Drilled Glass Tank w/ Corner Overflow: 492w (2x 150w 10,000K MH, 2x 96w Actinic CF) Coralife Aqualight Pro \| ProClear Aquatics 125 Wet/Dry Sump \| Coralife Super Skimmer 65 \| Penguin Power Head 660 x2 \| 120lbs of Live Rock \| 80lbs of Live Sand

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