Bonsai Reef

[horseplay]

Against my better judgement I purchase a CBB before my 10-day trip. I asked the store to feed her and she ate mysis, kind of. She no longer eats anything once I brought her home. I asked my sister to come feed it every 2 or 3 days.

On the other hand she seems to be in decent shape. She pick on the rocks all the time. I read some account of CBB eating vermetid snails of which there are many on the rocks. If she does it will be a win/win. One can only hope.

Once I get home in a couple of days I will start feeding her live clams. I hope she makes it.

 

[amado]

From my Expirience you need to feed the copper and every day.
mysys is not good enough for long term success. Frozen clam pieces mussels are their natural diet. If you can get some frozen food with mussels it will be happier.

 

[horseplay]

Yeah Amado I heard the same from a local reefer another day. Back in the day I fed mine a lot of frozen black worms. Maybe I will start a group buy again.

 

[amado]

I would keep it simple. Getting black worms and keeping them alive is hard.
it’s also not necessary. You can buy this food.

I had good luck feeding this to copper band and other finicky fish.

LRS also has scallops and oysters and shrimp and you get California black worms.

 

[horseplay]

Thanks Amado. I am thinking about getting a bag of live mussels and freeze them. I do already have some LRS reef frenzy.

The frozen black worms is what I am talking about. I fed mine years ago on a daily basis.

 

[ericrodriguez]

Agree with Amado!! I have done this too with getting to eating good 2 out of 4. Even though this is the food I have noticed they try with more frequent… this specific brand is the I see them go for the most

 

[horseplay]

I use the hikari brand. I think the store use a different brand. Brand does make a difference.

 

[ericrodriguez]

Brand does make a difference.

Agree

 

[ericrodriguez]

Good luck

 

[horseplay]

I came back home and started feeding the CBB live/frozen clams. It now eats with gusto as soon as the clam dropped in. However, no luck with any floating food. I drop half a clam in in the morning and the other half in the evening. So the fish will probably live as long as I keep up the feeding. What a beautiful fish to have in the tank.

 

[horseplay]

Enjoy the morning when the tank gets about a hour of direct sunlight. The blue tipped table looks a different color scheme. I purchased this long time ago as a browned out piece. the color has changed over time.

 

[horseplay]

My fish are savages when it comes to oysters. I got them frozen from Chinese supermarket. Each oyster is cut into about 5 pieces and I feed one each day. When the oyster is broken up it releases particles and juices like a white cloud. Must be super nutritious for the corals as well.

the CBB has fattened up a little bit. It also eats PE mysis now from the water column. I usually feed some mysis and other food as a breakfast then the oysters in the evening.
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[horseplay]

Sump cam is installed. This allows me to monitor the system anytime anywhere. Since I don’t use a filter sock on regular basis and carbon dose, the skimmer works extra hard. Here it’s only one day after cleaning.

 

[amado]

This is a great idea. I have added a couple of cameras and it make it easy to see what’s going on in my tank.