Acclimating new butterflyfish - Suggestions needed

[jmadden93]

I have an established 125gal non reef tank (running 18 months with lots of live rock and good water quality... nitrates about 20ppm) that I'm now intoducing two butterfly fish to (one is a copperband & one is a heniochus butterfly).

I know these are hard fish to keep alive & feeding. Any advice you can give me on how to properly acclimate them & get them to eat would be appreciated! I only have 10 small green chromus, 1 med foxface, 2 small wrasses, 1 clown. It's a peaceful tank.

Thanks!

[leebca]

First and foremost, don't put them directly into the tank. Use a quarantine process for many reasons, including training them to eat. Keep them separate (don't combine them into one QT).

Follow these guidelines for acclimation:
It Was Acclimation, I know. . .
and quarantine:
A Fish Quarantine Process

You'll find additional posts on getting fish to eat, including:
My New Fish Won’t Eat
and
Food Presentation

Once eating, you want to feed them the proper foods in the right quantities:
Feeding Marine Fish and Fish Nutrition

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