dragoneggs
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I was just watching a 'swimming' aiptasia move around my tank and as I was getting ready to net it, my Copperband Butterfly ate it!!!!!! Awesome... finally a plan actually worked! Exciting day today on the reef.
Swimming Aiptasia meets its match!
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Awesome!
It is hit and miss with CBB's eating aiptasia, so you scored with that one it seems. Thanks for sharing your success
It is hit and miss with CBB's eating aiptasia, so you scored with that one it seems. Thanks for sharing your success
dragoneggs
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Well, admittedly this is my second try. The first guy wouldn't eat anything but pick on the rocks (copapods) and he lasted about a month. I felt bad. This guy came from LFS and we fed him mysis in the store and when he bit, I bought him. Now he is eating mysis, frozen canivorous fish food, etc.
dragoneggs
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lol....don't you love it when a plans comes together? Great that one actually did it. I had 2 CBB's and all they did was die.
I know how you feel... I am now a firm believer that you need to see a fish eat in the LFS before bringing them home if you are putting out a significant amount of money.
NC2WA
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Mark,
You are lucky as most fish do not touch swimming aptasia.
You are lucky as most fish do not touch swimming aptasia.
dragoneggs
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It was actually quite a funny storry... and I can't preface it enough to convey, but as I was watching the aiptasia pulse along, I called my wife to watch this and she reluctantly (probably more just to humor me) came over to see the aiptasia swimming. I decided I should net the damn thing and just as I moved to get the net, Janet said 'he ate it!'. I have been trying to 'manage' these pests for years and have 'wined' to and with my better half about aiptasia. I am sure the word 'aiptasia' meant nothing to her but now she witnesses the consumption... something I yearned and worked for!?! It's just not fair.
I, having a difficult month with disease and death of my Chevron Tang, and the mystery death (starvation???) of my recently acquired Copperband probably due to stress after tearing down all the rockwork to catch the tang, a couple other missing animals... I found the joy in 'hearing' the CB munched on the Aiptasia.
I, having a difficult month with disease and death of my Chevron Tang, and the mystery death (starvation???) of my recently acquired Copperband probably due to stress after tearing down all the rockwork to catch the tang, a couple other missing animals... I found the joy in 'hearing' the CB munched on the Aiptasia.
NC2WA
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For CBB and any other delicate fish, I make sure they are eating in the store before I purchase them. More times than not, they just starve away and die.
