Are you sure he eats that well? because he looks a little skinny and pinched on top of the head, where he should be plump in there and even healthy copperband have a hump there, that's their fat reserve. Yours look like he's missing all this.
He maybe bitting food but spitting it out? or maybe he's got internal paraiste? can you get a better pic of him from closer so it is possible to see his body fat? It's hard to see from your video, so not sure.
here is mine for a comparison: You can see the hump on the top of the head a bit, and you can see the belly area is well fleshed and plump. That's how a healthy copperband should be. That was when it was young, now he's much bigger and the hump on the head is even larger. When I got mine he was as skinny as can be...head area and belly were sunken in. He had internal worms which I cured with Prazipro. Prazipro is reef safe and did not affter any of my coral except my xenias, temporary.
Here is a youtube video (not mine) that really show well how they should look when well fed. That is the other extreme...that's a fat copperband.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfgF...yer_detailpage
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Originally Posted by reefgirl189
I just did a 10% waterchange yesterday. I can do another 10% one today.
I'll turn off the lights for a day too.
Any other de-stressing ideas? If this fish thinks he has it bad he should spend a day in my shoes.  |