I have two weird fish. Am I lucky?

JCnflies · 07/31/2007, 07:59 PM

One of the first things I learned as a fisherman are there are no rules. IN some ways, I am starting to think the same about reefkeeping - particularly the fish.

I have a mandarin who chomps on New Life Spectrum pellets

I have a copperband butterfly who does not touch the corals and eats mysis, brine and worm like I eat Italian! - but he never sleeps .. when I try to feed the coral after dark, he eats it before the corals can..... except the blasto wellsi..... he's a pig, too

KathyC · 08/02/2007, 08:58 PM

Yes you are lucky! Very lucky!!

JCnflies · 08/02/2007, 09:39 PM

I just wish I could train the copperband to not touch the coral's food

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When I feed pellets, I mix NLS and a vegie pellet (I have a Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel and Foxface Rabbitfish, too). THe mandarin will spit out all the green vegie pellets (now he's even ignoring them all together) and then eat the brown NLS ones. Who says fish can't learn.

07/31/2007, 07:59 PM	#1
JCnflies Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Patchogue Posts: 410	I have two weird fish. Am I lucky? One of the first things I learned as a fisherman are there are no rules. IN some ways, I am starting to think the same about reefkeeping - particularly the fish. I have a mandarin who chomps on New Life Spectrum pellets I have a copperband butterfly who does not touch the corals and eats mysis, brine and worm like I eat Italian! - but he never sleeps .. when I try to feed the coral after dark, he eats it before the corals can..... except the blasto wellsi..... he's a pig, too

08/02/2007, 08:58 PM	#2
KathyC Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 168	Yes you are lucky! Very lucky!!

08/02/2007, 09:39 PM	#3
JCnflies Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Patchogue Posts: 410	I just wish I could train the copperband to not touch the coral's food ...................... When I feed pellets, I mix NLS and a vegie pellet (I have a Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel and Foxface Rabbitfish, too). THe mandarin will spit out all the green vegie pellets (now he's even ignoring them all together) and then eat the brown NLS ones. Who says fish can't learn.