Brine is no food for a copperband and he will eventually die from malnutrition if only eating brine. It's basically only water.
Try to get your hands on a live white worm culture. I have never seen a copperband refuse those for long and mine has been living on live white worms exclusively for almost 2 years now.
Also try a fresh mussel open in two and give it sometime. Copperband usualy like to pick at mussel and will eventually eat them and it's very rich food for them.
It's a good thing he does not eat aiptasia...as this is only water as well with toxin, nothing nutritious in there. Try live white worms enrich with Selcon and fresh mussel.
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Originally Posted by Douglas
I've had my copperband for 3-4 months, and i've got it eating brine......but thats all. It's getting thinner, and thinner. What can i do to get it to eat more, or something different, to try to fatten it up a bit. I've tried mysis, Pacifica plankton, Krill, blood worms. But it'll only eat brine. Doesn't touch aiptasia either. Any Ideas?
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