Copperband feeding pics.

[Doug]

Pics of my copperband feeding from his veggie clip. Its Manilla freshwater clams from SuperStore. He eats 1/day, plus at least 2 cubes of mysis. My percs also love the pieces of fresh clam.

Not sure how I could feed my tank any less, {another topic}. :smile:

[muck]

Nice pics Doug.
Do you crack the clam in half before you clip it?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Sweet. They're such timid feeders that its good that you have it eating. Make sure you don't put in any fast aggressive eaters in the future.

Anthony

[christyf5]

Wow, great pics! Makes me want a copperband (yet again :rolleyes: :razz:)

[Beverly]

Great feeding tip for CBBs. Nice, healthy looking fish and great pics too :biggrin:

[Doug]

Do you crack the clam in half before you clip it?

Yes. I keep them frozen & cut them in half with a good knife. Most of the meat usually stays on one side, but if not I just feed the halves.

This one is not to timid Anthony but your correct. They need good research at the lfs & their diet needs to be addressed. Mine is well over two years old now and swims in my fingers & eats from my hands.

As was posted on another thread though, they can be tough on clams& other stuff. I seen someone mention how they cleaned up all the pods & worms. I wonder, {besides the high current, bare bottom tank}, if my 4 yr. old mandarin started to lose weight because of that. We had to put him in Mike larger aquarium, to fatten him up again.

And thanks for the comments guys.

[trilinearmipmap]

I am just feeding mine mysis. I feed it from a turkey baster so it gets enough and the tangs don't steal it all. In the past year I don't think it has grown much if any.

I might try feeding clams or mussels too, I am a bit concerned about adding too much nitrates/pollution to the tank though.

[Doug]

The clams do seem to have their share of nutrients, at least by the look of my skimmer when feeding them.

[Skimmerking]

Yes Doug the mandrin is doing great still as you properly noticed from being over at my house......

[mwarf]

I too feed my CBB mysis with a turkey baster. I feed my other fish NLS pellets - my copperband won't take them but readily accepts mysis. YAY!