How did you guys get your CBB to eat?

[alexytman]

I got a Copper band butterfly a week ago and tried my own methods of feeding. I want to see how you guys would do it. I finally got my CBB to feed out of the water column today! I feed it with mysis. I placed mysis in small holes in the rocks then rest was up to the fish to learn.

PS, just got a scolymia for $35 yes!

 

[dbl]

Mine was trained on blood worms (by the person I purchased it from) and that's all it would eat for a while. Now it eats what ever is thrown in the tank.

 

[norfolkgarden]

I cheated with live black worms.
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It now eats everything and is one of the largest fish in the tank and the most aggressive feeder.
They all still get black worms in addition to the regular various frozen foods.

 

[DylanE]

I was lucky enough to get one out of my LFS reef tank already happily eating frozen. I have a hard line 'see it eating' policy with CBB. I tried to train one before and had to return it after a week.

 

[Dilan Patel]

I got mine to eat fresh mussels from Publix lol and then trained it to eat LRS and now it eats LRS,Mussels,Aiptasia and it is fat lol.

 

[Denisk]

Live blackworms worked for me initially then eventually it would it some LRS. Best of luck!

 

[jd371]

I cheated with live black worms.
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It now eats everything and is one of the largest fish in the tank and the most aggressive feeder.
They all still get black worms in addition to the regular various frozen foods.

Exactly the same for me.

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Live blackworms for mine as well!