Copper band butterfly's how to feed?

[Xbreakxitxdownx]

I just bought a new cbb and it seems to not wanna eat how do I fix that? I tried brine and misys shrimp

 

[fishmommy]

Live blackworms are the only thing mine will eat so far.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Try a clam on the half shell, that often gets them started.

 

[rworegon]

Mine started on shaved scallops. The frozen ones from the grocery store. Shaved thin and chopped. Mine eats those and mysis with gusto. Hopefully you have it in a qt tank so you can get it to eat without competition.

 

[Xbreakxitxdownx]

I don't have a qt :/ so i might put a small rock and rubber band a clam on there and put it were it hides out

 

[fishmommy]

Let me know how it works- I might try it out also

 

[Paul C.]

PE mysis for mine.

 

[Humblefish]

All good suggestions above, but sometimes they just refuse to eat & slowly starve to death. If you already have him in your DT, he might be picking at pods or sometimes they will eat aiptasia on a rock.

 

[Xbreakxitxdownx]

Yah he is eating pods I do see him picking at my rocks

 

[Archie]

mine ate gammarus and mysis from before.. i mix artemia, lobster eggs, copepods, rotifers, and red plankton with these. He used to spit them out whenever he gets the artemia. now he eats almost all of them (doesnt pick on sigle lobster egg or copepod. it has to be clumped up before he tries to eat and swallom them) you should try gammarus.. if he seems to eat them, just continue feeding that to your fish and just mix it with artemia or mysis so he will get to taste them and eventually like them. mine took 9 months though

 

[jdpiii3]

PE Mysis Is the only food mine will eat as well. He's been doing great for about 3years now.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Mysis was what mine (a Chelmon marginalis, which is a slightly different copperband) started eating first. I feed it from the tip of a pipette as it is not very quick to get foods floating free in the water.

It now loves Rod's food fed this way.

 

[fishmommy]

I have trained mine to eat from the tip of a turkey baster. Live blackworms. Now that he associates the baster with food, I plan to switch foods on him. Frozen blackworms are part of my long term plan since they are so nutritious.

 

[Eckolancer]

Mysis was what mine (a Chelmon marginalis, which is a slightly different copperband) started eating first. I feed it from the tip of a pipette as it is not very quick to get foods floating free in the water.

It now loves Rod's food fed this way.

I did the same thing other fish would just sit behind him waiting for any missed or spit out food. Also added a drop of garlic to help entice him.

 

[pickupman66]

I have had mine for about 18 months now. He did not eat any prepared foods so I would say the first 3 months. My 180 was loaded with pods and aptAsia so he ate those for the most part. Then one day he decided he wanted to try some my sis and since then that is pretty much all of the prepared food that he will eat.I know the LRS foods are very good for stimulating appetite and a feeding response and also pe mysis.