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Old 01-27-2011, 06:04 AM
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I cannot remove it as soon as the fish as finish eating because he does not stop eating. Copperband are slow eaters. They only pick a few bites and then go away, and then return and pick again a bit like a mandarin picking on liverock all day long.

I watched it and for like 4 hours the fish went again and again eating the oyster. Did 2 huge poop during that time so I guess it was eating quite a large amount still to poop like that.

I left the oyster from around 6:00 pm till 11:30 pm, so around 5 hours.

Both my copperband and my niger trigger were on and off on the oyster for all this time.

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Originally Posted by George View Post
You could try clams. Much cheaper than oysters.
I think you should remove the oyster or the clam as soon as you think the fish have enough. You don't want to leave it in the tank all day. They are very high in protein and can pollute your tank fast.
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