Copperband Butterfly

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Sorry. Reef pilot. Just pointing out the fact that you are giving information out without explaining that this one you have doing well, is not your first. As your first one was clearly dying.

I feel it is important not to leave those details out when you feel the need to give advice on an expert only fish.

Leaving out the fact you had to take one back to the LFS is vital to know when a person is asking about the trials and errors.

I'll post this everytime after you!!!

Lol.

Well, I don't want to write a book every time I talk about CB's. People would get bored quickly. If they want more info, they can go look at my past posts. Or they can ask, and I'll be happy to refer them to some of my past posts.

The big point is that you can be successful with CB's, and I showed how with my other two. And I disagree that my first one was a loss. I did the right thing and returned him before he was too far gone. Given what I know now, I also have no doubt that I could have successfully kept him if I had a QT at that time, and applied my initial feeding techniques that worked with the other two.

I will never say CB's are easy to keep. They do require extra care and attention to get feeding properly, and then acclimatized to your display tank with all the other fish. But if you can get them to the point where they swim fearlessly throughout the tank, and aggressively feed with the other fish, then you are home free. It takes a few months, at least, but it is very rewarding in the end.