Butterflyfish not eating... food ideas?

[StevenSeas]

^^^^ good point I couldnt remember which was which lol. I know everytime I put straight zoecon in my tank for my corals my clowns immediately go after it then realize its too small for them and that their larger pieces of food will be coming shortly

[StevenSeas]

any updates?

[Teeb]

I second the PE mysis, I've had some picky eater and they generally warm up to the PE.

[justahobby]

I only knew because I used zoecon on nori when I had a tang and selcon for the seahorse. I haven't used zoe, but if its anything like selcon it will be good. Selcon looks greasy and fatty

[glarior]

What great information! I bought live black mussles and the copperhead appeared to go for it. I put it in the tank and within 5 minutes the fish found it and started pecking at it. I am still going to buy some PE mysis to see if that works too. Thank for the information and I will post back to with an update.

[Randy@pollyspets]

I third the PE mysis. We've had a lot of success with it for finicky eaters. I know of some of our customers that use it for their seahorses and they love it! Our copperbands usually eat the H2O life brand Spirulina Brine/Mysis mix. Well, at least the brine/ mysis/ pink shrimp parts of the food. sometimes we have to sweeten the deal with Garlic!Good luck on the copperband.

-Randy

[timmytimtim]

My copperband goes after mysis and blood worms.

[glarior]

I lost the fish yesterday :-(

I tried everything that was mentioned and it seemed to eat but was hard to tell. For future searches on the forum I think the best item I bought was the mussels

[Paraletho]

I see someone finally mentioned bloodworms. That is what I started mine on after he decimated all the aptasia and small dusters. Leave the flow going and when the bloodworms move past him he will chase them. It will keep him going until he gets accustomed to his tankmates and the idea that when everyone gathers at the top good things are going to happen. Oh sorry just read. Sorry for your loss sometimes it just doesn't happen.

[Still Learning]

I was gonna suggestion aptasia....sorry to hear you lost him.