WTH is so interesting?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

Just going to toss the idea out there but... maybe stress? He does look a bit like he's running up and down the wall like some fish do when they're stressed.

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It looks like stress to me. Normally a CBB spends all its time poking about the live rock looking for bits of food.

[reefgirl189]

I just did a 10% waterchange yesterday. I can do another 10% one today.
I'll turn off the lights for a day too.

Any other de-stressing ideas? If this fish thinks he has it bad he should spend a day in my shoes.

[Snaz]

Eliminate the shadow even for an hour with a black paper or extra light. Rule that out and then look for stressors. Bad ground?

[reefgirl189]

I just moved the powerhead to aim at that wall and now he hasn't gone there since. He's poking in the rocks.

And he ate a meal of mysis shrimp 5 mins ago with no hesitation.

[Lance]

Good News!

[subman]

Have you tried feeding him mussels or placing some mysis into a rock? Keeps the mind busy thus maybe alleviating some stress.

[reefgirl189]

Originally Posted by subman

Have you tried feeding him mussels or placing some mysis into a rock? Keeps the mind busy thus maybe alleviating some stress.

Yup he gets mussels, bloodworms, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, krill, squid, and plankton. he eats it all but his favorites are the bloodworms and mysis. I do stuff it in the rocks every other day, but he'll eat right out of my hand if I let him.

[daniella3d]

Are you sure he eats that well? because he looks a little skinny and pinched on top of the head, where he should be plump in there and even healthy copperband have a hump there, that's their fat reserve. Yours look like he's missing all this.

He maybe bitting food but spitting it out? or maybe he's got internal paraiste? can you get a better pic of him from closer so it is possible to see his body fat? It's hard to see from your video, so not sure.

here is mine for a comparison: You can see the hump on the top of the head a bit, and you can see the belly area is well fleshed and plump. That's how a healthy copperband should be. That was when it was young, now he's much bigger and the hump on the head is even larger. When I got mine he was as skinny as can be...head area and belly were sunken in. He had internal worms which I cured with Prazipro. Prazipro is reef safe and did not affter any of my coral except my xenias, temporary.



Here is a youtube video (not mine) that really show well how they should look when well fed. That is the other extreme...that's a fat copperband.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLfgF...yer_detailpage

Originally Posted by reefgirl189

I just did a 10% waterchange yesterday. I can do another 10% one today.
I'll turn off the lights for a day too.

Any other de-stressing ideas? If this fish thinks he has it bad he should spend a day in my shoes.

[reefgirl189]

I am 100% postiive that he's eating. That's kinda why stress didn't even really occur to me. He will sometimes spit out the mussels but everything else he devours.

Before I got him he was quarantined with a hyposalinity treatment for over a week. I know this wouldn't kill all parasites but it should have eliminated some of the nastier ones.

Here's a few pics taken just a minute ago:

Yes he does look skinny to me, but I think every fish looks skinny until they are obese TBH.






Since moving the powerhead he's left the wall alone.

[daniella3d]

well, the fish on the first pic looks quite fat! It it is a pic of your fish, then no worry, he's fat as can be

This is what a skinny copperband looks like, the top of the head is pinched, the belly area is sunken: