Copperband Butterfly - Page 2

paddyob · #1 02-15-2012, 03:01 AM

Not surprised.

Most people have no chance keeping them alive.

An LFS only sells them, as one said to me, "if I don't sell something then people just buy it somewhere else and I Lose sales" - this is not a perfect quote.

It's a money grab fish.

A search on here will show you. SOME people are lucky... But hearing it died is more common than hearing from the tang police.

Too bad the same people don't vocalize this topic.

Sorry for your luck, or loss of money.

Casey8 · #2 02-15-2012, 04:22 AM

[quote=paddyob;682489]An LFS only sells them, as one said to me, "if I don't sell something then people just buy it somewhere else and I Lose sales" - this is not a perfect quote.

It's a money grab fish.

Hmmm ... it sounds very familiar to me when I was told by one of the workers at Island Pets ... never went back to that store.

toytech · #3 02-15-2012, 05:16 AM

I had one for 4 days and i watched it suddenly die , took about 20 min and no conciveable reason for it happening . Such a shame these fish are so fragile .

paddyob · #4 02-15-2012, 12:15 PM

[quote=Casey8;682555]

Quote:

Originally Posted by paddyob

An LFS only sells them, as one said to me, "if I don't sell something then people just buy it somewhere else and I Lose sales" - this is not a perfect quote.

It's a money grab fish.

Hmmm ... it sounds very familiar to me when I was told by one of the workers at Island Pets ... never went back to that store.

Different shop

paddyob · #5 02-15-2012, 01:08 PM

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.

Reef Pilot · #6 02-15-2012, 02:22 PM

Quote:

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.