I've had my CBB for over 2.5years, prior to this one I losst one for no apparent reason. I had read a post by GSP about his 5th one dying after about 6 months and started to feel that this was an un-keepable fish. The big debate at that time was cyanide caught or not. I don't know if there is a way to truly tell but I think it is used to explain why some seemingly healthy fish that are eating die off after a few months.
I stayed away for a while but couldn't resist when I saw what looked like healthy CBBs that had been eating at the LFS for a week. Took one home and fed mysis to the tank at every feeding with garlic and selcon. Eventually he began to get aggressive enough and fast enough to get his fair share. Now I feed mysis 2 out of 3 days and he is fat and healthy. I would also assume that he gets what he needs in pods etc.. when I go on vacation and the tank is left to auto-feeder.
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210 Gallon slowly gaining population.
Foxface, Naso, Coral Beauty, 2 Clowns, 2 Chromis, Orange Anthias, and Striped Goby.
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