Copperband

Aquatek · #1 05-31-2010, 02:45 AM

This little guy is two years old. This tank is his third home. A temporary home until the other tank is moved and back up and running. Just proof that with the right care and attention, these guys can thrive in a home aquarium. He is by far my favorite fish. Are there any other success stories out there?

staceyd72 · #2 05-31-2010, 01:55 PM

Hi,

Great looking CBB. I agree, these are beautiful fish and adapt well to aquarium life. I've had mine for almost four years now, the only drawback is that it will only eat frozen food. Doesn't bother any corals but enjoyed a clam that I had at one time. This is a picture from Feb 09.

gobytron · #3 05-31-2010, 01:58 PM

MY CBB passed away after about a year this weekend.
It was eating voraciously the night before and was unable to swim on its own less than 8 hours after its last feeding.

Very sad....

BlueTang<3 · #4 05-31-2010, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gobytron

MY CBB passed away after about a year this weekend.
It was eating voraciously the night before and was unable to swim on its own less than 8 hours after its last feeding.

Very sad....

exact same thing just happened to ours this weekend had it close to a year as well

mike31154 · #5 05-31-2010, 04:06 PM

From what I've seen with this species, success stories are few and far between. Consider yourself fortunate and I'm glad he's doing so well after two years. My experience was not as fortunate, I watched my purchase slowly starve to death despite my best efforts. If you could provide more details as to what entails the right care and attention, that would be beneficial. Seems to me it's more of a 'luck of the draw' scenario with CBBs. I'll never take that chance again, I hope you have continued success with yours though, they are a striking fish.

Lance · #6 05-31-2010, 04:17 PM

I've had mine for one year. I bought it from a fellow reefer. It eats most fresh and frozen meaty foods; will not touch flakes or pellets.

Delphinus · #7 05-31-2010, 04:46 PM

I had mine for close to 3 years then one night he developed some kind of ulcer or tumour above one of his eyes and he was dead before morning. Stunned me how fast the decline was at the end..

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Originally Posted by staceyd72

adapt well to aquarium life.

I would actually have to say this is somewhat questionable. Those that do adapt seems to be OK but for some reason they are in a small minority. (VERY small minority.) The majority seem to be unable to adapt to prepared foods or just perish suddenly and without warning. Among those that seem to be doing OK, there seems to be a lot of stories like "he was fine and eating and growing for at least {1,2,3} years then suddenly one day he died" type stories.

I myself am torn, I would one day like another but the anecdotal evidence out there these days seems to suggest they might be not be suitable for captive care.

josie · #8 05-31-2010, 05:34 PM

We kep a coperband for close to 5 years. just found it dead one day, no apparent reason...

got a new one 2 1/2 months ago and it's doing well too, eating mysis and eat all my aiptasias

Zoaelite · #9 05-31-2010, 06:21 PM

I had mine for around 2 months, found out he was an LPS chewer so I had to remove him. Won't be trying another one, to risky in my books.

kien · #10 05-31-2010, 06:31 PM

Poor fish.. sounds like they are damned if they don't eat and damned if they do.