To file fish... Or not.

paddyob · #1 08-12-2012, 02:12 AM

Or a hearty butterfly? No, not copperbands.

emerald crab · #2 08-12-2012, 02:32 AM

What do you have against CBBs? They're a really nice fish, good aiptaisia eaters, don't grow very big and not very fast. Mine have been in my tank for about 4 years and I love it. All they require is a stable system with good water quality and to be fed at least twice a day.

paddyob · #3 08-12-2012, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by emerald crab

What do you have against CBBs? They're a really nice fish, good aiptaisia eaters, don't grow very big and not very fast. Mine have been in my tank for about 4 years and I love it. All they require is a stable system with good water quality and to be fed at least twice a day.

Most CBBs die. It's a well known fact. Well known. Search the forum. No matter how well yours has done, it's not a hearty fish.

Thanks for your input.

Proteus · #4 08-12-2012, 03:30 PM

When I had mine ( filefish). I would keep a mag cleaner at top corner of tank and that's where the filefish slept. When aptasia was gone I scoop it up and put in sump till it was needed good. Now mind that the sump compartment it was in was 40g and full if sand rubble mangroves. So it was a cozy home for a few months at time

paddyob · #5 08-13-2012, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Titus99

When I had mine ( filefish). I would keep a mag cleaner at top corner of tank and that's where the filefish slept. When aptasia was gone I scoop it up and put in sump till it was needed good. Now mind that the sump compartment it was in was 40g and full if sand rubble mangroves. So it was a cozy home for a few months at time

Funny. Mag host.

Parker · #6 08-13-2012, 05:26 PM

I have two and they eat nothing but flake and mysis, they have never touched aptasia.

emerald crab · #7 08-13-2012, 04:18 AM

[quote=paddyob;736846]Most CBBs die. It's a well known fact. Well known. Search the forum. No matter how well yours has done, it's not a hearty fish.

Unfortunately in quite a few tanks CBBs are slowly starved to death. The irony is that the people that killed their CBB by starvation, often become quite vocal against this fish rather than upgrading their water cleaning capacity (skimer, algae scrubber, DSB etc.) to be able to feed their livestock as needed. Diversity of the food they get is another can of worms.