Copperband Butterfly

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Was it being bullied by any other fish? Yellow Tangs can be very viscous to CB's. I have owned a few CB's now, and never had one die on me. My current one is over a year old in my tank and doing great.

And netting is not harmful to them, anymore than any other fish.

You have my sympathies. They are beautiful fish.

You returned a sick one or two I thought. Maybe I Have you mixed up with Someone else. But returning a sick fish is a loss.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by paddyob

You returned a sick one or two I thought. Maybe I Have you mixed up with Someone else. But returning a sick fish is a loss.

Yes, I returned one to the LFS, but he wasn't sick. He was my first one, and I made the mistake of putting him into my DT too early, and I couldn't get him to feed properly. The other fish would grab all the food, and he just gave up trying to compete with them. Luckily, though, I had a mature tank, and he scrounged pods and stuff in the live rock. I actually had him for about 2 months, but I could see him losing weight, so I decided to take him back. I did not have a separate quarantine tank at that time.

After that I tried again with two more, but this time I went the QT route and got them feeding and healthy. I sold one (they didn't get along together) and the other is still alive and well today in my display tank.

I explained this to you a couple times now....

[corrosionjerry]

Yes I should of known better.... I thought with my reef tank that is mature that there would be no problem / I dripped him for a couple of hours to bring to the same salinity.... everything looked good... was pecking at the rocks and seemed to take some brine shrimp etc.... no compitition in the the tank only the Chromis and I watched as I fed ... he was definetly able to get his fair share....

Thus after reading on the net... it was stated in many posts that these fish do not tollerate netting or exposure to air... True or not?

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Yes, I returned one to the LFS, but he wasn't sick. He was my first one, and I made the mistake of putting him into my DT too early, and I couldn't get him to feed properly. The other fish would grab all the food, and he just gave up trying to compete with them. Luckily, though, I had a mature tank, and he scrounged pods and stuff in the live rock. I actually had him for about 2 months, but I could see him losing weight, so I decided to take him back. I did not have a separate quarantine tank at that time.

After that I tried again with two more, but this time I went the QT route and got them feeding and healthy. I sold one (they didn't get along together) and the other is still alive and well today in my display tank.

I explained this to you a couple times now....

Yup. Still a loss.