Help: cooperband fish not eatting sitll...

[Kostas]

Originally Posted by trilinearmipmap

Buy live clams about 1" size. Freeze them to kill them. Then thaw them one clam at a time, feed one clam each day, they should be gaping about 1/4" wide, enough room for the Copperband to get his snout in, not enough room for any larger fish to steal the food.

Attach the clams in the shell with a rubberband on to your mag float so you can move the clam into a good position for feeding.

Also try feeding at dusk after lights out when the other fish are asleep but the Copperband is still hunting for food.

If there are any large or harassing fish such as Tangs bothering your Copperband, you may need to temporarily move one fish or temporarily partition the tank with some eggcrate, a harassing fish will put the Copperband off his food.

Triinearmipmap Great idea, thank you I will go out and buy some live clams tomorrow.
What is a mag float?? Shouldn’t I just drop the clam in the tank for the fish?
The only other fish are a pair of clown fish right now.

[trilinearmipmap]

The mag float is the magnet cleaner. You want to position the clam in a good spot for feeding.

[Kostas]

oh i feel silly, i have one of those too, i'll try that, many thanks!

[whatcaneyedo]

Try soaking food for it in Kent Extreme Garlic or whatever its called... it might help a little. Is your tank very old? I've killed several copperbands discovering that they need a large mature tank with plenty of naturally occurring food to survive.