Copperband ~ EATING!!!!!! ~

Thanks I just order 200 live mysis to seed my tank hopefully he will get hooked on those and then I can switch him to frozen I picked up a few clams from the store today I've gotta split them and put them in there in hopes he eats them until I get my shrimps in, it's going to be a tough run but I'm going to give it 110% all the way good luck on the hunt on yours hopefully I can share my experience with mine to others!

 

It sounds like you are doing everything right in regards to keeping this fish. Best of luck! Keep the updates coming!

 

I bought one of these today, and my tang won't leave him alone..

 

Well guys, he may be going back to the store and i will continue my search for this beautiful fish, ive tried EVERYTHING i could think of, blackworms, live mysis, live brine, and every frozen food imaginable, i did place an order for 2 more fish from 2 different suppliers and im going to have the LFS hold them for me for 1 week to see if he can get one to eat, the fish has started to show more interest in free floating foods but is still just spitting the food out, he didnt eat the live clam i put in there or the raw shrimp, ive tried garlic, and entice (both pretty much the same thing) with no luck the guy has until saturday to start eating or i will make the right choice and bring him in. the LFS owner told me he will do everything he can to help me out in finding the right fish, and getting them to eat, he also stood by this particular fish for me so he earned a lifer at his store, im really glad he understands how these fish can be and how difficult they are to keep but is willing to work with me to find the right on. if i do have to let him go i will be very sad as he is a very good looking fish, but i have to do whats best for him at this point.

 

Well after a few weeks i was going to bring him back to the LFS i got him from, just fed all my corals, and i saw all my other fish eating, so i thought, well they got enough food, im going to try to feed my cb, he has been chomping down on the live mysid's i introduced, and so i thought well ive got PE mysis shrimp frozen, and im glad to report success, he is eating frozen mysis, and he was eating a TON!! so i will now be keeping him, i was told not to bring him back and give it some more time, and im glad i did!!! I will be doing some more shifting of his appetite to accommodate everything im feeding, Tomorrow i will get a short video!! im so happy!! BUT now ive gotta get my corals back in shape.. if its not one thing. its another..