Bennetti butterfly and melon butterflyfish care

[Tdog4413]

Anybody had luck with a bennetti or melon. I've had both now for a couple of weeks. In great shape but only eat sps which I've been providing. Want to switch to aquarium fare but it's not going well. Any suggestions? A good piece of advice other than don't keep corallivorous butterflyfish would be great
Thanjs

 

[EmdeReef]

Other than trying all sorts of foods there are no easy ways to entice these guys to eat prepared foods.

Have you tried masstick paste? Pantha Rhei has a food that’s supposedly similar to polyps, I have the sponge version and couldn’t get one of my angels to eat it.

My lfs claims they’ve managed to get an Arabian butterfly to eat it...with masstick you may try spreading a little bit of it on the actual coral you provide for feeding.

Panta Rhei Nouri POLYP 100ml

Panta Rhei Nouri POLYP: A revolutionary new food consisting of ingredients that would be encountered by the very fish the food is intended for. One of the main ingredients is jelly fish. Their polyps serve as a close replacement for coral polyps that finicky species would typically consume in...

uniquecorals.com

Good luck! Both are beautiful fish

 

[dbl]

Can't help directly as I've never kept either, but I did move this to the fish discussion forum for a better response.

EDIT...and you got a response before I could finish typing...lol.

 

[Tdog4413]

Other than trying all sorts of foods there are no easy ways to entice these guys to eat prepared foods.

Have you tried masstick paste? Pantha Rhei has a food that’s supposedly similar to polyps, I have the sponge version and couldn’t get one of my angels to eat it.

My lfs claims they’ve managed to get an Arabian butterfly to eat it...with masstick you may try spreading a little bit of it on the actual coral you provide for feeding.

Panta Rhei Nouri POLYP 100ml

Panta Rhei Nouri POLYP: A revolutionary new food consisting of ingredients that would be encountered by the very fish the food is intended for. One of the main ingredients is jelly fish. Their polyps serve as a close replacement for coral polyps that finicky species would typically consume in...

uniquecorals.com

Good luck! Both are beautiful fish

What is masstick? Never heard of it

 

[EmdeReef]

It’s freeze dried powder food, you add some water and make a paste that can be spread on rocks or glass.

Masstick Fish Food

Watch your fish eat food right off any surface in your tank. Masstick's all natural formula that contains a blend of diverse compounds, providing a balanced diet for all types of marine fish, especially finicky ones. Masstick food can be placed onto your tanks glass and fish can graze and peck...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

 

[awwinterfall]

any updates? Were you able to get them to eat?