Copperhead Butterfly

[mwuesten]

The store didn't tell me this was a difficult fish. It's not eating.
I bought the Mysis Shimp and it ate some yesterday but today it wouldn't come out from behind the rocks.

Mark

[saltyESQ]

mine almost starved to death as it would not eat until I put live bloodworms in my tank. he did not eat them, but it did something to him bc i put some defrosted mysis in about 2 seconds later and he ate it all up.

although the copperband did die for some unknown reason 4 months later. I would never keep one again, too difficult.

[AdidaKev]

Copperbands are many times finicky about food. Try feeding him a variety of foods and see which one he'll go after.

[redboxer13]

Mine ate frozen red blood worms

[thor32766]

was he eating at the LFS? Give him a few days. They are a somewhat shy fish at first so give him a little time to get acclamated. Keep trying to feed, also some people swear by adding the garlic it helps entice them to eat. keep us updated.

[Landshark18]

you might want to ask the LFS if they have any copperbands who have been eating aiptasia. All the successful copperbands i have seen were aiptasia eaters or at one time were used to clear it. Not for sure, but this is what i have observed bc i know people with them and happen to really like the fish.