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Butterfly Not eating

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RFD4

Just got a Pearlscale and Copperband butterfly and would like any suggestions on feeding- they do not seem to be eating.

thanks
 
mfisher2112

mfisher2112

What have you tried so far?

PaulB and Blange3 I believe are using blackworms successfully. You should hit them up. Theyve both been successful keeping them.
 
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dougc

Blackworms got my copperband started. Never could wean it off of live food, though. Mostly ate the blackworms and live brine shrimp. You could also try a fresh clam on the half-shell. Be patient, though. It can take a few days for many butterflies to start eating.

Are the fish in quarantine? You have a much better chance of getting them started without competition.
 
jimroth

jimroth

My CBBs have always gone nuts for PE Mysis -- No fish can resist it! Dittos on the live blackworms though, that's probably their favorite. They say a freshly opened clam is irresistable, but that has never worked for me.
 
Nickjr000

Nickjr000

You can get a rock from someone with apatasia on it and give it a go.. I know someone who has a seperate 20 gallon tank full of rubble with apatasia all over it. Thousands of them. He feeds his flies with it all the time,just drops a piece in and they wipe it out. Don't know what kind of tank you have though. If it's a reef then over time they might spread from this. Although I don't think his ever did?
 
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Rbu1

Good luck with the copperband. My guess is it will be dead in a week. They are real hard to keep I could not even get mine to eat in QT. I tried blackworms, live brine you name it I tried it. The key is to only buy one from a LFS that you know is eating already.
 
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