Copperband butterfly fish

[JaiWiz]

Ok dont bust my balls on this i know its not a big enough tank for the fish i got but i plan on upgrading within 6 months to a year i just dont have the coin to get a big tank and sump right now. but i got a 55 gallon.
Coralife power compact lightings 96 watts x2
fluval 305 cannister
remora pro hang on the back protein skimmer
3 power heads
70 lbs of live rock
big xenia colony
toadstool
assorted mushrooms
small kenya tree
few zoos
2 maxi mini carpet anemones
elephant ear coral
for i got small naso blonde tang, small yellow tang, sailfind algae blenny, clown fish, trunicate anthias, three stripe damsel
inverts i got a red brittle sea star, assorted hermits, 4 snails

[The Grizz]

Well first you should just bring me the blonde Naso second who is doing the most of the aggression? Is the CCB bigger then most of the other fish?

[AquaticFinatic]

Originally Posted by JaiWiz

Ok dont bust my balls on this i know its not a big enough tank for the fish i got but i plan on upgrading within 6 months to a year i just dont have the coin to get a big tank and sump right now. but i got a 55 gallon.
Coralife power compact lightings 96 watts x2
fluval 305 cannister
remora pro hang on the back protein skimmer
3 power heads
70 lbs of live rock
big xenia colony
toadstool
assorted mushrooms
small kenya tree
few zoos
2 maxi mini carpet anemones
elephant ear coral
for i got small naso blonde tang, small yellow tang, sailfind algae blenny, clown fish, trunicate anthias, three stripe damsel
inverts i got a red brittle sea star, assorted hermits, 4 snails

Man that's a lot of fish and stock in such a small tank! You shouldnt have got half the stuff you have in there till you had a bigger tank.

But now its done just leave the lights of for a bit longer and see how it does,maybe try feeding a little bit here and there to distract the other fish.

[Lance]

Rearrange the rockwork if you can; frequent feedings to lower aggression; nori on a clip will keep the others busy. Good Luck!

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by Lance

Rearrange the rockwork if you can; frequent feedings to lower aggression; nori on a clip will keep the others busy. Good Luck!

Good ideas there Lance

[toytech]

When i got my cbb i tried the kent marine garlic , it made my tank stink but once i started using it the cbb would eat . It never ate much then got velvet and died an hour after it started looking bad . I love these fish but i wont be trying again until i can put one i qt de parisite it and have a couple of live food cultures going . I got my mandarin onto frozen foods in half the time it took me to get the cbb to take one bite of food .

[whatcaneyedo]

Remove the fish that are picking on the butterfly for a week or more while it settles in. Thats what worked for me.

[naesco]

Originally Posted by whatcaneyedo

Remove the fish that are picking on the butterfly for a week or more while it settles in. Thats what worked for me.

Return the copperband to the LFS that you bought it from before it gets bullied to death.

Sell all the tangs you have in your tank and replace them with a few fish suitable for a small tank like yours. I plan to upgrade my tank in 6 months does not cut it for me, sorry.

Buy a peppermint shrimp and very slowly acclimate it and it should remove the aiptasia.

[marie]

My copperband went through the same hazing in the beginning....my achilles tang was absolutely livid about the new addition but the copperband had enough spunk to get through it and by the third day was even coming out and attacking the tang when the tang's back was turned. By the end of the first week they were all getting along.

The copperband did go through 8 weeks of quarantine first though and was fat and eating well before being added to the display

[The Grizz]

Originally Posted by daveycoopa

Man that's a lot of fish and stock in such a small tank! You shouldnt have got half the stuff you have in there till you had a bigger tank.

But now its done just leave the lights of for a bit longer and see how it does,maybe try feeding a little bit here and there to distract the other fish.

I don't agree on the amount of stock. I have a temp. 55 gal with 9 fish ranging from 3 - 5", a green sea serpent star, red knob star & choc. chip star. As long as the canister filter is kept clean, skimmer is working well and water changes are done on a regular basis it will be fine. I have seen some tanks crammed full of coral & a ton of fish with no issues.

I would like to come check out your tank one day when timing works for both of us.