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12-11-2001, 06:23 PM
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Copper banded butterfly and aiptasia
Hey guys - got a major aiptasia outbreak going on. I've been trying to inject 'em with kalk paste but they've been multiplying faster than I can keep up with. I gave in and added a couple of peppermint shrimp but they don't seem to be doing much. I was thinking about a copper banded butterfly. Anybody have one? Do they bother any of your other corals?
Thanks, -Mike
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12-11-2001, 11:02 PM
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anyone? Bueller, Bueller....?
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12-12-2001, 02:33 AM
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i had one, he did a great job and never bothered any of my good corals... never had any luck with xenias, ut i think the copper b.b got those too this time around.
Make sure the one that you get has been eating regular foods, and possible from a reef tank enviroment. Rick
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12-12-2001, 05:39 AM
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I had one for the same problem. It first eat all my feather dusters in the sand and on the rocks then went after my red and green open brain thus had to be removed to the FOWLR system then died after a few mounths of starvation I believe. It never really did eat. When I first go it at the LFS it was picking at food so tried it. In the end it never did eat any aiptasia before he had to be removed but my case seems to be the odd one since most people have a lot better luck with thiers leaving corals alone.
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12-12-2001, 11:22 AM
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sounds like a crap shoot but I'm not sure what other choices I have....
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12-12-2001, 12:08 PM
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I think unless you have a continuous crop of aptasia or other naturally-occuring foods acceptable to the Copperband Butterfly, it's likely it will die of starvation when the natural food supply runs out.
They rarely survive on flakes, brine or other foods. |
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12-12-2001, 12:09 PM
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Then again, I have a Flower Pot coral which has been thriving for a year so far, against all odds.
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12-12-2001, 12:25 PM
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Reinhold - a little off topic but is your gonipora on the rocks or on the sand bed? I'm thinking of giving one a shot.
Thanks, -Mike
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12-12-2001, 12:27 PM
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Ravenmore:
My Gonipora is on the sand bed with low-medium current. It's under 260 watts of PC light. I feed 5 cc of MicroVert twice per week. |
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12-12-2001, 11:36 PM
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I have had my red gonipora for almost a year now and it is doing great so far but I have heard that they can fade away after doing great for a few years. The red ones are suppose to be hardier from what Ive heard.
I also keep mine on the bottom on the sand. with a medium current. |
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