Four Eyed Butterflyfish

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I cannot get my butterflyfish to eat, ive tried live brine, frozen and flake food, the only thing he likes to peck on is my chocolate chip starfish. Any ideas on how to get this guy to eat? or what to feed him that he will eat?

thanks

[dave00gt]

I cannot get my butterflyfish to eat, ive tried live brine, frozen and flake food, the only thing he likes to peck on is my chocolate chip starfish. Any ideas on how to get this guy to eat? or what to feed him that he will eat?

thanks

try soaking his food in kent marine extreme garlic, it worked for my banded pipefish now he eats brine shrimp , he never used to eat brine shrimp untill i soaked it in this garlic product.

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thanks ill give it a shot, im also going to gry putting dried seaweed in there see if he will eat that.

[dave00gt]

thanks ill give it a shot, im also going to gry putting dried seaweed in there see if he will eat that.

butterflys and seaweed, never seen by coperband butterfly fish eat seaweed just my yellow tang, valentini puffer, and foxface and maybe the angel.

[dave00gt]

try soaking his food in kent marine extreme garlic, it worked for my banded pipefish now he eats brine shrimp , he never used to eat brine shrimp untill i soaked it in this garlic product.

try frozen misid shrimp, that also worked for my butterfly, he eats those like a pig

[Something Fishy]

try soaking his food in kent marine extreme garlic, it worked for my banded pipefish now he eats brine shrimp , he never used to eat brine shrimp untill i soaked it in this garlic product.

Yeah that is awesome stuff i had a butterfly and a harlequin tusk that wouldn't eat and this stuff did the trick.. They eat great now without it. But you can also use the garlic as a immune booster.. just add drops too your tank every so often...

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awesome i will look for it at the store tonight when i go, much appreciated...

[dave00gt]

awesome i will look for it at the store tonight when i go, much appreciated...

your welcome, have you tried the misid shrimp?

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no i havent, this will be another option i will try.. now can you answer my other post? HAHA about cleaning crew? you seem like the onlyone on the forum talking right now.

[dave00gt]

no i havent, this will be another option i will try.. now can you answer my other post? HAHA about cleaning crew? you seem like the onlyone on the forum talking right now.

yup .. im at work and i kinda take it easy here since my wifes parents own it, but i really want another job, if i stay here , i will be known as lazy ..so starting next week im going job hunting , hopefully something to do with this hobby

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haha im sitting at my desk at work being very productive as you can tell.. working more on my fish tank then with work its self

[dave00gt]

haha im sitting at my desk at work being very productive as you can tell.. working more on my fish tank then with work its self

yes i know how it can get .. its like parenting .. but its worth it.

i love this hobby , i used to be in to the illegal car racing scene up untill i discovered this hobby , now i am modding,or fixing up my tank. instead of my car.

[kramer-X]

the reason why your butterfly fist only bite on your star fish is becoz that's what they eat.
butterfly fish diet consist mostly on corals. some might take brine shrimp.....for example ornate butterfly fish eats only corals and anemone. so don't even think on buying it even its cheap. so next time when you buy a fish, try to do some research on it dude. get some info like what they eat....