my new little Copperband Butterfly fish

[Jaws]

You can also buy a few live clams and use the tip of a knife and skewer it to make a hole in the clam. Copperbands will almost always eat from that. Once he's comfortable eating from that then make your own clam using a clam shell and epoxy or super glue and put prepared or frozen food in it. Then if he's comfortable eating from that, I eventually built an opening and closing device using a nori clip and egg crate so once the copperband smells or sees the prepared food he's used to eating, he'll eat from there. I used egg crate so he could get his beak in there without any of the other fish being able to. Copperbands don't like to compete for food so once the other fish lost interest, it was ready for him. I feed him twice a day now now with chunks of shrimp and chunks of scallops. Its a long process and can be very time consuming so I wouldn't recommend it it to anyone that wasn't a very dedicated keeper because copperbands are one of the hardest fish to get to eat and require a fair bit of dedicated time just to that one fish. It can work though if you're willing to put in the time. There's nothing more frustrating than watching such a beautiful fish waste away from neglect.

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