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Originally Posted by michika
What happened? Did you see a visual difference? Can you describe the bad effects you saw?
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First of all my mandarin died. I had had the mandarin for about a year. It was eating pods and frozen mysis. I can't prove that the CBB caused the mandarin's death but a few months after getting the CBB my mandarin died for no apparent reason. I suspect starvation. Besides eating the pods the CBB is quite aggressive with the frozen mysis and the mandarin was a slow methodical eater.
Second of all my bubble coral died. The bubble coral was a 12" showpiece coral, my favourite coral in the tank. It was healthy and thriving. However I noticed the Copperband stealing mysis whenever I tried to feed the bubble coral. After a few months of this the bubble coral started to gradually recede and then die. Tank parameters and water conditions were fine, all the other corals were fine, and the bubble coral is a very non-demanding coral. Again I can't prove that the CBB is responsible.
I have also notice that over the past year my octobubble coral is in a slow decline and recession.
I used to see lots of pods in my tank, now I can only find them in the refugium. I feel that the pods are an important part of the clean-up crew. Coinciding with the loss of pods in my tank, I had an outbreak of a nuisance Anthelia infestation on my live rock. I suspect that the lack of pods contributed to an accumulation of nutrients and junk on the rock that encouraged the Anthelia growth.
Overall within 6 months or so of adding my Copperband I had a dead mandarin, a dead bubble coral and an Anthelia outbreak.
If the Copperband weren't so gorgeous I would get rid of him.