Right Jay, not only that. The only fish in my 180g who does not rest after the lights go out is my Copperband! I can get up at 2:30 am. and he’s scavenging the live rock. Amazing!
. I’ll update with a picture soon just for kicks
Unfortunately or fortunate I guess
I do have aiptaisa in the tank.
That is a very large specific gravity rise to try and adjust to in one shot. For future reference, you should reduce the specific gravity of the receiving tank a bit so that the jump isn’t that great.I received my copperband from Tankstop today and all is well so far! Shipping fish always scares me. It has been acclimated from the shipping water of 1.018 ( the website does state this) up to my 1.026. It is as advertised and looks to be about 4” in size. Now if we can make it through my qt
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Thanks. I had never needed to do that before. I started off after temp acclimation, by floating the bag and adding 1/2 cup tank water every 5 min. Eventually the bag got full and I switched to dripping. I was able to maintain temp and all said and done was about 1.5-2 hrs.That is a very large specific gravity rise to try and adjust to in one shot. For future reference, you should reduce the specific gravity of the receiving tank a bit so that the jump isn’t that great.
Acclimation Methods
Acclimating Animals to Aquariums Jay F. Hemdal c.2020 Introduction to acclimation techniques Most beginning aquarists hear that they must “acclimate” any new animals they add to their aquarium. Acclimation (sometimes termed...
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Mine loves mastick. Also live blackworms helped when new. Now he will eat mastick and most frozen as well as clams and muscles. Will not touch pellet or flake but I only use those as treats. I mostly feed PE mysis and a homemade seafood mash.
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Same experience on QT. I observation only QT'd mine for 90 days to fatten it up in an established tank w rock/aiptaisia. It broke out with lympho a few days in, but that disappeared in a week and never came back. He only ate live black worms for a few days then frozen mysis. Now will eat clams, mussels, scallops, pretty much any seafood I throw in. By the time he went in with tangs and angels he was already eating out of the water column and actually would eat right out of my hand. Had him about 4 1/2 years now.Mine loves mastick. Also live blackworms helped when new. Now he will eat mastick and most frozen as well as clams and muscles. Will not touch pellet or flake but I only use those as treats. I mostly feed PE mysis and a homemade seafood mash.
I did observation only QT and had rock in the tank rather than the sterile bright white pvc. I've read of too many dieing in QT is why I did it this way.
I have one of these feeders. He sees me walking to the tank with it and comes begging. His tank mates, a yellow tang and flame angel hang out and eats his scraps from the feeder. They get fed also tho.
The one you received looks good.
USA - Copperband Butterfly (CBB) feeder
Want to ween your CBB off of live food/clams, or, teach him to feed out of this so he's not out-competed in the tank during feeding time (*cough* tangs *cough*)? Then you need this in your life, and so does your CBB, hah. The 'inside' ends combine to form a protected cylinder which is where you...
I have considered buying or making one of those feeders for a while. Mine eats live worms really well so I may get one to hold his live worms so I know he gets plenty of them. Plus I can start mixing some frozen in with it. I’d love to ween mine completely to frozen.
Thanks for the link!Mine loves mastick. Also live blackworms helped when new. Now he will eat mastick and most frozen as well as clams and muscles. Will not touch pellet or flake but I only use those as treats. I mostly feed PE mysis and a homemade seafood mash.
I did observation only QT and had rock in the tank rather than the sterile bright white pvc. I've read of too many dieing in QT is why I did it this way.
I have one of these feeders. He sees me walking to the tank with it and comes begging. His tank mates, a yellow tang and flame angel hang out and eats his scraps from the feeder. They get fed also tho.
The one you received looks good.
USA - Copperband Butterfly (CBB) feeder
Want to ween your CBB off of live food/clams, or, teach him to feed out of this so he's not out-competed in the tank during feeding time (*cough* tangs *cough*)? Then you need this in your life, and so does your CBB, hah. The 'inside' ends combine to form a protected cylinder which is where you...
Nice. Mine eats that, but leaves a lot (probably sponge) . Prefers straight meaty stuff. About 3 weeks in discovered aiptaisa and now will eat this biggest ones I can find. Violently tears them to shreads. When a cbb is not being bullied and feeding well its an extremely bold and endless eater.
I do have origins listed on my website. Australian fish are always listed in the description. I can usually find out too. The only two origins that are mixed together are Bali and Philippines but I can always figure that out too if necessary.
