Sigh...I have seen this look before

[naesco]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

I've had my 1st CBB for a year and a half now he eats mysis and keeps my tank aptasia free. I bought a second one (in hopes of saving it) from a not so great source and he died two days later. I bought another one and he was eating mysis and was doing very well for a little over a month and then one day I never saw him again I guess he died and the bristle worms ate him, but I still don't know for sure what ever happened to him, just that he disappeared.

I will honestly admit that even though I know they have a poor survival rate I do plan on getting one for my other 230g. The CBB's eat aptasia and I hate the look of aptasia and therefor I will always try to keep one in my tanks. I will do my best to pick out a healthy one and I will not buy one that isn't already eating, and if I even remotely think it's cyanide caught forget it, but other then that...

Thank you for being honest relative to your intention to attempt a fourth CBB.
May I suggest instead of risking a likely 3rd fatality you put in 3 peppermint shrimp (providing you are not planning on putting in something that will eat them). Although, like CBB, every peppermint will not necessarily eat aptasia, I guarantee you one of the 3 will.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by naesco

Thank you for being honest relative to your intention to attempt a fourth CBB.
May I suggest instead of risking a likely 3rd fatality you put in 3 peppermint shrimp (providing you are not planning on putting in something that will eat them). Although, like CBB, every peppermint will not necessarily eat aptasia, I guarantee you one of the 3 will.

I can't use peppermint shrimp since it is the tank that my angelfish are going into. I thought about a raccoon butterfly but I read that they are less likely to eat aptasia and have just as poor of a survival rate. Also I had a 30g before in the past with 8 peppermint shrimp in it (figured if I bought all 8 of them at least one of them would eat aptasia) unfortunately not one of them ate aptasia