Copperband butterfly fish
 

Okay so today i acclimated a new copperband butterfly fish to my tank to tackle the aipetasia problem i acclimated him for 2 n a half hours and put him in with the lights off. i turned on the lights about a hour n a half later to see how they were mingling and i"ll be damned all my other fish were taking some pretty aggressive runs at the CBB i'm concerned because these fish are already a delicate fish never mind having 5 other fish trying to kick your ass. what can i do all the fish did this to my yellow tang when i first put her in maybe its just a initation kinda thing

Wish I would have known you where thinking of getting a CBB, I would have suggested not to get one. It just my opinion but with the survival rate of them it just doesn't make me happy.

What are your other fish and what size is your tank?

Ok dont bust my balls on this i know its not a big enough tank for the fish i got but i plan on upgrading within 6 months to a year i just dont have the coin to get a big tank and sump right now. but i got a 55 gallon.
Coralife power compact lightings 96 watts x2
fluval 305 cannister
remora pro hang on the back protein skimmer
3 power heads
70 lbs of live rock
big xenia colony
toadstool
assorted mushrooms
small kenya tree
few zoos
2 maxi mini carpet anemones
elephant ear coral
for i got small naso blonde tang, small yellow tang, sailfind algae blenny, clown fish, trunicate anthias, three stripe damsel
inverts i got a red brittle sea star, assorted hermits, 4 snails

Well first you should just bring me the blonde Naso :twised: second who is doing the most of the aggression? Is the CCB bigger then most of the other fish?

Man that's a lot of fish and stock in such a small tank! You shouldnt have got half the stuff you have in there till you had a bigger tank.

But now its done just leave the lights of for a bit longer and see how it does,maybe try feeding a little bit here and there to distract the other fish.

Rearrange the rockwork if you can; frequent feedings to lower aggression; nori on a clip will keep the others busy. Good Luck!

I don't agree on the amount of stock. I have a temp. 55 gal with 9 fish ranging from 3 - 5", a green sea serpent star, red knob star & choc. chip star. As long as the canister filter is kept clean, skimmer is working well and water changes are done on a regular basis it will be fine. I have seen some tanks crammed full of coral & a ton of fish with no issues.

I would like to come check out your tank one day when timing works for both of us.

Good ideas there Lance :thumb:

When i got my cbb i tried the kent marine garlic , it made my tank stink but once i started using it the cbb would eat . It never ate much then got velvet and died an hour after it started looking bad . I love these fish but i wont be trying again until i can put one i qt de parisite it and have a couple of live food cultures going . I got my mandarin onto frozen foods in half the time it took me to get the cbb to take one bite of food .

Remove the fish that are picking on the butterfly for a week or more while it settles in. Thats what worked for me.