Copperband butterfly and mandarin - are they compatible??

[Biff0rz]

My mandarins fins keep getting frayed and I cannot figure out why. Today watching the tank I noticed my copperband is nipping at its tail, like a lot! When I first saw it I was like... Uhm did that just happen? Then watched more and it for sure is happening. Are these two fish compatible? Why would the cbb nip at his rear fin??

 

[Patientman]

Certain that someone with more expertise will chime in with a more definite answer, but I'm thinking it might be because they are competing for the same food source … pods … but a 233g tank should be enough real-estate for them to spread out if you have a good pod population.

 

[ZoWhat]

They both hunt pods for food. Hopefully you know you'll probably have to seed pods every so often before they both make it a pod-desert

 

[Biff0rz]

They both hunt pods for food. Hopefully you know you'll probably have to seed pods every so often before they both make it a pod-desert

Yes, for sure. I've been doing that. Still, the cbb kept going after the mandarin purposefully.