Copperband Butterfly

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I tried 2 of these guys. First was a little bigger than a toonie, very cute! He lasted about 10 days, didn't see him eat at all. But very active and wasn't shy. My girlfriend found him stuck to a power was one day while I was at work. I think she was more upset than I was.

Second I got from J&L, he was good and big. I thought the last one was possibly too young. This time I was determined for him to eat.

-I got some clams from a fish market for him to eat, cracked them open, elastic banded to a frag disc. My cleaner shrimp and 6 line loved it!

-Tried drilling a pill box with holes and putting mysis in there, again my shrimp loved it!

-Tried both methods again but soaked with garlic guard. Everybody loved that! Except the copper band.

-I generally feed cyclopeeze, ripped up nori, and some flake and pellet foods soaked in garlic to my other fish and that didn't strike up any feeling or emotions in the copper and either.

He then developed some white spots after day 5-6 and by day 9 he was gone. It was this experience that makes me now quarantine all fish regardless of where I get them. It's not just disease prevention, it's making sure they eat and general well being.