Butterfly Fishes...

[chwkreefer]

I have a yellow tang and copperband together in my tank as well. I have purchased a few copperbands over the years and some certainly are fragile and don't do well.

My advice is be very selective with your copperband. Look for one that not only looks good but has shown some signs of being territorial even at the store. Allen pointed one out for me at J&L Aquatics. Since I had 5 tangs in the tank already I was concerned about adding a Copperband and just seeing the thing being harassed to death. But I really wanted a fish to decimate my featherduster population, and took my chances. The Copperband acclimated well and stood his ground. He is doing great with all the other fish. Now that the featherdusters are gone the only foods he'll touch is mysis or brine shrimp.

Having an established tank with pods, worms, featherdusters and lots of rock and hiding spaces is really going to help. They are a beautiful fish, I really enjoy having this fish. Mine will eat the mysis out of my hand.

Also one thing to keep in mind is they can bother clams or brain corals. Mine actually killed one of my open brains . But now he doesn't touch any of my clams or other brain corals . Guess he liked the taste of just the one

Good luck with your selection(s)