Dec 2011 POTM - Butterfly Fish
 

Beautiful picture. I love these fish. Too bad I don't have the courage to attempt keeping one alive.

You have my vote already! LOL.

Thanks, ya they're a tricky fish. One I got lucky with and I had it for 4 years. I wasn't going to try another one but the one I have now came from someone who had it for almost a year and was shutting down his tank.

Here's mine....

http://i812.photobucket.com/albums/z...land/bflys.jpg

Very nice.

Where was this taken?

Nice shot.

This was technically supposed to be a close up of a coral frag..........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ril2909029.jpg

Thanks. It was taken in the Similan Islands in Thailand in January.

Not the best pic but I do love my CBB, it is close to 5" nose to tail & 4" top to bottom.

http://i765.photobucket.com/albums/x...R/14ed4ca6.jpg

Some great photos so far! Here's one of mine. This is a Chaetodon ulietensis or double saddleback butterfly. Originally purchased to help keep majano under control, which all disappeared within a few weeks, and then aiptasia. Unfortunately after that he developed a taste for more expensive things so he now lives ina FOWLR. Had him about 2 years now I think. He can help dispel the myth that butterflyfish are peaceful fish, he is the king of his tank and lets the others know.

http://www.canreef.com/photopost/dat.../DSC_00191.jpg

awesome pic tony man its got my vote....wait now can mods win???:):)jk great pic:)

Thanks man, haha it's one of about 100 attempts. I had to switch cameras too, the first one I used just utterly spooked him, not sure what was up with that, I think he was seeing the focus beam or something.

its a beautiful pic and an awesome fish, i tried to get some pics the other night of a hitch hiker crab and i got the same results the focus light spooked him and he only comes out at night so hes a tricky bugger lol i take maybe a 100 pics just to get one lol im still learning the camera part of the hobby finally invested in a tri pod and im getting better for sure:)

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Nice pic Tony. I can confirm that fish is one aggressive and pushy little SOB. Trying to hand-feed the eel was fun with that bully nailing the shrimp.

Can I ask the people with Copperbands what you find them eating mostly in your tanks? Flake/Pellet/Cyclopeeze/Frozen, etc?

His super-secret swimming pool reef tank:wink:

Dancing with a Tang
 

I started my Copperbands on frozen PE Mysis, then a few pieces of cut fresh clam. Later I converted them over to freeze dried Mysis and Plankton, which is mostly what is eaten today. Have not been able to get them to eat flake or pellets. They will take it in their mouths to try, but spit it right out. I also have Pearlscale ButterFly fish that eat pretty well anything, incl pellets and flakes. Started them on frozen PE Mysis, too, though. But the real good news is that they all eat aiptasia.

Mine goes after brine, mysis, white worms and hunts feather dusters & asptasia down like no other.

Actual submission:
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/4416/mg9578.jpg

You would think being a butterfly he would go after zoas :razz:, he's never shown interest luckily enough.
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/2184/img2936h.jpg

this ones got my vote as well as on the previous page "dancing with a Tang" to beautiful pictures! I love the color :smile:

I might change my upload in that case :lol:, why has no one else uploaded photos beside Tony and I?

I have a feeling that & the lack of sticky might be hindering the success of POTM. Uploading downgrades the quality of the photo, would be nice to see POTM back to it's old form.

Yup, I like this one, too. Beautiful background to the fish....

How often are you guys feeding them?

I feed mine small bits of food 3 or 4 times a day. He only gets a few bites each time, as the other fish clean up the food very quickly. That's why I feed more often.

Mine & Laurie's are up there too


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PE mysis

For the record I like your 2nd pic better too. Check the first post for my pic :biggrin:

Hello,

zoaElite, your photo is gone. Can you please upload to our Photo Gallery instead? The link is provided on the first post of this thread.

Titus

Lots of great submissions so far! A lot of copperband action going on too, haha.
I love the pakistani butterflies by saltcreep on page 1. Dang! Its actually the next fish on my list of fish to get :D.

I'll be submitting a photo of my lattice butterfly shortly!

It doesn't give me the option to upload to the Dec 2011 POTM and I can only see the photo Tony has submitted. Maybe my grouping is off? Is this just me?

+1 - Rolling hills of Zoa - spectacular!

Hello,

It shouldn't be. Reply here attaching your photo to your post, and I'll login using your account to test the upload.

Titus

A lot of nice Butterfly's, guess I'll add one more :lol:

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e1...yd72/CBB-1.jpg

Very nice pic. Is that a bariene tang in the background? looks great! Mine's just starting to get the adult colors, can't wait for it to look like that.

Thanks, the tang in the background is a Blonde Nasso (Nasso elegans). The Bariene is a beautiful tang, just don't see too many of them around.

Next month: moorish idol photo contest?

I Think this one shows off the fish better then the Zoa one. This pics got my vote!