[Wind]

i was curious if u guys can point me towards reading about this fish..
i also was curious if u guys have experience with this fish..

is it reef safe?.. i am wanting to get one of these and just wanted to research a little more about it.

hows its diet?

[Minh Nguyen]

Originally Posted by Wind

i was curious if u guys can point me towards reading about this fish..
i also was curious if u guys have experience with this fish..

is it reef safe?.. i am wanting to get one of these and just wanted to research a little more about it.

hows its diet?

CBB is a very delicate fish. Most don't do well in home aquarium. They are mostly reefsafe and will eat aptasia. There are several things you should no if you consider keeping this beautiful fish:
They are hard to get to eat in captivity, and will not compete well with more aggressive feeder like angelfish and tangs. A healthy CBB that is eatting at the LFS is a must. Small fish may do better than larger fish but too small and they too weak and starve to death much quicker.
They will browse the LR all day long for food and will eat various worms in the san and rock. They seem to eat small waveing things, so Snail tentacles are fair game. They will eat all the feather duster in a reef tank.
People have being able to train them on frozen shell fish. If you have him by himself, crack open a oyster or clam and leave it in the tank. Hopefully he will start to eat it. In a community setting, frzen clam can be drop into the tank. As the clam thawned, it open. It is too small of a crack for other fish to eat, but CBB with it's long snout, anc eat with out any problem. This is how I train my CBB to eat in captivity. it is now eatting frozen clams. One clam per day.

This is a very beautiful and photogenic fish. I hope you will beable to keep one.
Minh


Here is a thread I started about my CBB.
Copperbanded Butterfly-Chelmon rostratus

[Wind]

i see.. i saw a few, but i too have read that this fish is delicate and that getting it to eat is hard...

ive seen about 2 inch ones.. currently my 90 gallon has a firefish.. i am wanting to give it a stab.. i will read ur thread.. and post questions if i have any again..

thanks a lot for ur help !! really appreciate it !