I have purchased a Copper Band Butterfly based on some of the threads I had read about controlling Aptasia. I was starting to have a problem with the Aptasia over running my tank. Introduced the Butterfly and now have very little Aptasia left. I am worried about the amount of food left in the tank for this fish. What should I feed the Butterfly now that the Aptasia is under control. Along with controlling Aptasia this fish is very personable and good looking in the tank. I don't want to loose the fish due to insufficient food.
Thank You all for all of the valuable information provided on this site.
I did notice the fish attempting to eat Mysis shrimp this evening, but seem to spit it back out. Hopefully he will acquire a taste for it after a couple more attempts.
You can just try a few different types of food. Also you can stir in a few drops of garlic juice to simulate the fish to eat. Just crush a garlic clove and put a few drops of oil in the food.
my copperband never really ate frozen food that much but when he did it was frozen mysis shrimp and cyclopeeze. most of the time he just cruised around the tank eating pods and aptasia. if you have good pod population in the tank that will really help
Food for Copper Band Butterfly
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