Copperband

[PhillM]

Hello

looking for advice on adding a copperband (Australian). Reef System about 11 months old plenty of live rock and water params excellent. (Percula 120)

Just a bit worried about my feather dusters and clam. All have done really well. Clam healthy so perhaps if the Copperband bothers it the clam will close and the Copperband will get bored and leave it alone?

I understand Copperbands will eat mostly frozen food. I tend only to use live or frozen food but I have recently started using New Era Liposome spray with frozen food. Does anybody have a point of view on this? My larger fish will not touch flake but the small fish like Marine S and flake food.

Thanks

[steve@ cambridge coral tech]

took my copperband to my lfs today, fed up with the damn thing i put up with its bad habits as i'd had it for so long 3yrs+, it smashed one clams mantle to bits, then started on my other two so i removed the clams then started on my favia, put two holes straight through it today, pecks at my candycanes and the last straw came when its done nothing but peck at my trachyphilliya all :mad: day, so out it came!! its all way had the odd peck but today was too much! it was fed well 3 times a day on various frozen and live twice a week still it wanted to eat coral!!! should add i have friends who's cbb are perfectly behaved,but every fish is different, i wont have another as they cant be trusted, my fox face is next, keeps rasping on some sps bases

[arrows]

you need to see the copperband in the shops tanks feed on flake or frozen and even then as per the other post, there is no way you can tell if it will not take a fancy to your other tank inmates, most people get these to keep aptisa at bay.

[cajen]

Some CBs just won't eat and starve to death, others eat just fine and then suddenly die - all in all I think they're better left on the reef.

[fishywishy]

Hi

Mine is a juvenile and loves frozen brine shrimp. Defo won't touch flake. It ridded all the aiptasia on my rock, and, as i knew it would, it also devoured every last featherduster i had. I'm perfectly happy, but obviously clams and the like are ruled out judging by above post.

Gorgeous fish though, playful and elegant.

[PhillM]

Oh dear! sounds like the risk taker in me might not pay off this time. I'll give it a go but one too many swipes at my beautiful clams and it's back to LFS. Quite agree probably best left on the reef. Never the less it will be the Junior tank member at the outset.

Cheers