Copperband Butterflyfish

Gordonious · 08/05/2006, 02:15 PM

A Copperband Butterflyfish should be able to live in a 20gallon long aquarium until maturity if there is not a lot of LR present in the tank(read more room to swim) and not a great deal of other inhabitants. I really like these fish and I found my first piece of aiptasia the other day.

Gordonious · 08/05/2006, 02:17 PM

Opps forgot to add. I would be feeding it live brine and the LFS assures me the one they have has been eating brine. (of course I will ask them to feed it before I leave the store so I can watch it eat) The tank currently only has yellow gorgonian in it and three convict gobbies.

Gordonious · 08/05/2006, 03:00 PM

I can see now that I am going to have to more this one to my 40g when he gets to full size and it may be a bit risky with the gorgs... I dunno.

Andrew · 08/05/2006, 03:01 PM

Is there a question?

Gordonious · 08/05/2006, 03:07 PM

Opps I missed my question mark. The first line was meant to be something link:

"A Copperband Butterflyfish should be able to live in a 20gallon long aquarium? right?"

No wonder I didn't get responses, lol.

Andrew · 08/05/2006, 03:10 PM

Around what size is he?

Gordonious · 08/05/2006, 03:50 PM

I want to say the one at the LFS was 2.5" snout to tail.

Andrew · 08/05/2006, 03:53 PM

He's going to outgrow it pretty fast and will need a much larger tank.

Fishfirst · 08/05/2006, 05:49 PM

peppermint shrimp work much better for apitasia... and if you lfs just has him on frozen brine, consider him unhealthy as its fairly unnutritious for him to be on that exclusively.

Gordonious · 08/05/2006, 06:36 PM

He has been there a little over a week which is a little short of a time period to have effected him to that level. I couldn't imagine many animals at all being in an LFS long enough to eat enough bad food to classify them as unhealthy. The problem more with these guys seems to be getting them to eat rather then what they are eating from what I am reading.
The LFS makes and sells lots of brine and I would imagine that is what they are feeding it, but like I said before I would buy I would watch them feed.

Tonester1990 · 08/05/2006, 09:20 PM

i had one in my 30 gall fish only tank, he lived for about 2-3 weeks and looked at my tank one day and he was dead

Gordonious · 08/05/2006, 09:38 PM

:-(

Tonester1990 · 08/05/2006, 09:42 PM

ya when i got him he wouldn't eat anything, then one day i put some flakes in and he ate almost all of the food in the tank. i guess he just had to get used to the tank, but i dont know what happened. being 16 money is a problem so when i saw my $25 fish floating it didn't make me to happy!!

Gordonious · 08/05/2006, 10:05 PM

$25 yeah, you suck. The one at my LFS is over $40 :-P Yeah it is usually that it takes them a while to get used to the tank chemistry as well as become comfortable in their new space. But they also do not normally eat flake food. If was probably like your Mom constantly putting lima beans and carrots on your plate and you refused to eat them till one day you couldn't take it any more and just had to eat something.

Hop · 08/06/2006, 05:33 AM

Save the fish by not getting one. Go get a syringe and some vinegar and take care of the problem the old fashion way. It's only a 20 gallon tank, you should be able to take care of your aiptasia problem pretty quick. It's not like you have a 30" deep tank and need a snorkel to get to the aiptasia

When you do get that 400 gallon, 30" deep tank, you can get a CBB without the guilt... I promise

Gordonious · 08/06/2006, 09:08 AM

I don't want to know how to get rid of the aiptasia, I wanted to know if I could keep the fish.

Fishy Business · 08/06/2006, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gordonious
I don't want to know how to get rid of the aiptasia, I wanted to know if I could keep the fish.

No.

Gordonious · 08/06/2006, 12:37 PM

y?

Hop · 08/06/2006, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gordonious
I don't want to know how to get rid of the aiptasia, I wanted to know if I could keep the fish.

I think a reasonable person who read your first post could derive that since you found aiptasia, you are now asking if you can keep a CBB

So I answered as though I was a reasonable person

That won't happen again

kass03 · 08/06/2006, 04:58 PM

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08/05/2006, 02:15 PM	#1
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	Copperband Butterflyfish A Copperband Butterflyfish should be able to live in a 20gallon long aquarium until maturity if there is not a lot of LR present in the tank(read more room to swim) and not a great deal of other inhabitants. I really like these fish and I found my first piece of aiptasia the other day.

08/05/2006, 05:49 PM	#9
Fishfirst Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 986	peppermint shrimp work much better for apitasia... and if you lfs just has him on frozen brine, consider him unhealthy as its fairly unnutritious for him to be on that exclusively. __________________ Proud member of the Tang Police Current Tank Info: Over 40,000 gallons of saltwater

08/06/2006, 05:33 AM	#15
Hop Carpe Noctem!!! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Western Colorado Posts: 8,548	Save the fish by not getting one. Go get a syringe and some vinegar and take care of the problem the old fashion way. It's only a 20 gallon tank, you should be able to take care of your aiptasia problem pretty quick. It's not like you have a 30" deep tank and need a snorkel to get to the aiptasia When you do get that 400 gallon, 30" deep tank, you can get a CBB without the guilt... I promise __________________ Hop Current Tank Info: 300-gallon in-wall system (mixed reef)

08/05/2006, 02:17 PM	#2
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	Opps forgot to add. I would be feeding it live brine and the LFS assures me the one they have has been eating brine. (of course I will ask them to feed it before I leave the store so I can watch it eat) The tank currently only has yellow gorgonian in it and three convict gobbies.

08/05/2006, 03:00 PM	#3
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	I can see now that I am going to have to more this one to my 40g when he gets to full size and it may be a bit risky with the gorgs... I dunno.

08/05/2006, 03:01 PM	#4
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	Is there a question?

08/05/2006, 03:07 PM	#5
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	Opps I missed my question mark. The first line was meant to be something link: "A Copperband Butterflyfish should be able to live in a 20gallon long aquarium? right?" No wonder I didn't get responses, lol.

08/05/2006, 03:10 PM	#6
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	Around what size is he?

08/05/2006, 03:50 PM	#7
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	I want to say the one at the LFS was 2.5" snout to tail.

08/05/2006, 03:53 PM	#8
Andrew Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 13,640	He's going to outgrow it pretty fast and will need a much larger tank.

08/05/2006, 06:36 PM	#10
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	He has been there a little over a week which is a little short of a time period to have effected him to that level. I couldn't imagine many animals at all being in an LFS long enough to eat enough bad food to classify them as unhealthy. The problem more with these guys seems to be getting them to eat rather then what they are eating from what I am reading. The LFS makes and sells lots of brine and I would imagine that is what they are feeding it, but like I said before I would buy I would watch them feed.

08/05/2006, 09:20 PM	#11
Tonester1990 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 19	i had one in my 30 gall fish only tank, he lived for about 2-3 weeks and looked at my tank one day and he was dead

08/05/2006, 09:38 PM	#12
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	:-(

08/05/2006, 09:42 PM	#13
Tonester1990 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 19	ya when i got him he wouldn't eat anything, then one day i put some flakes in and he ate almost all of the food in the tank. i guess he just had to get used to the tank, but i dont know what happened. being 16 money is a problem so when i saw my $25 fish floating it didn't make me to happy!!

08/05/2006, 10:05 PM	#14
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	$25 yeah, you suck. The one at my LFS is over $40 :-P Yeah it is usually that it takes them a while to get used to the tank chemistry as well as become comfortable in their new space. But they also do not normally eat flake food. If was probably like your Mom constantly putting lima beans and carrots on your plate and you refused to eat them till one day you couldn't take it any more and just had to eat something.

08/06/2006, 09:08 AM	#16
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	I don't want to know how to get rid of the aiptasia, I wanted to know if I could keep the fish.

08/06/2006, 12:37 PM	#18
Gordonious Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Newark DE Posts: 3,393	y?

08/06/2006, 04:58 PM	#20
kass03 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Kaukauna, Wi Posts: 2,937	this is why http://liveaquaria.com/product/prod_...cfm?pCatId=212 minimum tank 50 gallon care level difficult kass