Feeding a Yellow Tang
We were not feeding this fish enough! Our yellow tang was looking a little thin and not swimming as actively. We were feeding this fish with a bunch of damsels in the water column with pellets and ground-up algae sheets.…
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UV sterilizer goes off-line
We took our UV out-of-service. The bulb stop lighting … again. Will troubleshoot later. The UV was there primarily for one fish, a Copper Band Butterfly. After a couple of good years, we lost it. Perfectly healthy, eating. Next day,…
Bubble algae
We have a pretty good crop of Bubble Algae (Valonia ventricosa) now with no idea how it got started. And we let it get out of hand. The tank was free of this nuisance from the beginning and started about…
Copperband Butterflyfish Eating Clam
Our Copperband loves clam! For a while, he would not eat anything except blackworms. Now, a whole clam is one of his favorite foods! We buy the littleneck clams from the seafood counter at the grocery store. Copperbands are especially…
What to Feed a Copperband Butterflyfish – Part 1
The LFS said our fish in their tank was eating their own store frozen mash of Mysis, Shrimp, etc. so we bought some frozen Mysis and Blood Worm packs to go home with him. No luck though. He is NOT…
How to purchase a Copperband Butterflyfish
Maybe the best advice is to not acquire a Copperband to begin with. But if you must … We purchased from a Local Fish Store (LFS), close to 4″ in size. We would not take a Copperband smaller than 3″…