Copperbanded Butterflyfish Care Guide

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Here are 5 tips to help you be more successful with a copperbanded butterfly, based on the 1 year anniversary of my own CBB.
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0:00 Intro
0:32 Is your tank suitable?
1:57 Specimen selection
4:13 Feeding
5:29 Ongoing care
6:30 Buy something else!
7:16 Watch next

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@tashdog1 2 жыл бұрын

Dutch Reefer KZfaq channel user, has been very successful at keeping his copperband butterflyfish for 7 year's, and still has it on a recent video, his 7 year old is stunning.

@BRStv 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips! Thanks for putting this out there.

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

👍 Thanks for stopping by 🙂

@RinaJosscy 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Mine lived for 6 months. In the beginning the clams were ideal for him until the other fish and hermit crabs started claiming the clams. So if I will ever try it again think i will try the drilled pvc tip!

@cominationz6130 2 жыл бұрын

Me knowing that your video will be amazing that I press the like button while the ad is playing.

@joshpowell8153 2 жыл бұрын

miss mine so much, but he's happily with prestige reef in the mega build, I'm really struggling to find another that'll eat. my advice is if you find a good one keep hold of it! great video Alex

@Richs_reef 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Alex, really gets across how much effort is required to keep them. Hopefully will put off everyone but the most experienced or those dead set on getting one

@shabbir78 2 жыл бұрын

I bought my first copperband in April and it's doing great. I introduced it to my tank to combat the aptasia problem and it ate all my feather dusters and tube worms the very first day I put it in my tank. It doesn't eat any dead or frozen food or pellets or anything else except live worms and aptasia..luckily live blood worms are easily available near my place so I feed live blood worms on a daily basis and it absolutely devours them within seconds.

@yurei4414 2 жыл бұрын

Happy 1st anniversary for the Copperbrand! I love your videos, they're very helpful but also fun to watch

@danielmaddocks9315 2 жыл бұрын

You know I been waiting for this one 👍👍

@pauldeacon8764 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Alex! great video & you have done so well with your copperband! well done! 😀👍

@modotd3885 2 жыл бұрын

Thanx. Makes a lot of sense. I'll enjoy and admire them in the lfs

@amermeer3989 2 жыл бұрын

Great advice and fantastic video! Good job

@apss5736 2 жыл бұрын

Such an iconic reef fish

@rikkbatt2300 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video and great info, my Copperbands healthy at 2 years old. Extra frozen cubes dropped in to aid there slow feeding from the water column, Masstick attached to a strip of plastic and clipped to the tank once a week and a mature system with no aggressive fish and a refugium full of aiptasia are what I believe has helped.

@jaysrealreefuk 2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully I get to keep one of these wonderful fish one day. This video will be port of call when I do. 👍

@norfolkreefer5801 2 жыл бұрын

Ok this maybe a long one!I’ve had mine for 14 months now,I added him to my reefer 350 when it was about 6 weeks old as my first bigger fish,he’s now the boss and definitely not slow moving when he wants to exert his dominance🤣 he’s constantly on the hunt for food so if some mysis hits the sand I don’t need to worry as it just keeps him occupied for longer🤣 all snails and conches are fair game to him so I have to keep a constant eye on the tank coz now he’s bigger he’s learnt how to turn the conch upside down,he’s constantly wiping out my snails but mosty leaves my corals along apart from the odd nibble on my acans but he’s my favourite fish by far

@bencobb3433 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant 👏 Alex

@RomeosReefAquarium 2 жыл бұрын

very beautiful copperband

@frankpohl8746 2 жыл бұрын

One other fish that was popular the Raccoon butterfly fish. Don't see many if any in these saltwater vids. Great information.

@dusk1947 2 жыл бұрын

Keeping, rather failing to keep one; was the most painful experience I've had in the hobby. Watching a fish slowly starve to death is a terrible experience, and is accidental-abuse and a death sentence for the fish. But I am happy your fish is doing well. I'm personally waiting for someone like Biota to breed them, before trying again.

@Richs_reef 2 жыл бұрын

I read earlier this year that Rising Tide had managed to breed them 👍🏻

@leesmith1227 2 жыл бұрын

Just added a medium sized copper band to my 150 and started eating aptasia immediately great addition

@RobBoryckiGolf 2 жыл бұрын

Way to go dork!

@ScottieFindsFish 2 жыл бұрын

i always want one when i see them but i just know its a terrible idea for me. Awesome job with yours!

@perovic96 4 ай бұрын

Personally I got mine to eat dry food within month of ownership. Best beginner fish, 0 aggression , super friendly and doesn’t get bullied by others either.

@simonveldhuis586 2 жыл бұрын

Had mine feeding easily by thawing out frozen mysis, then putting that in an empty snail shell, then freezing them again. makes feeding it very easy just need some shells.

@johndelly7486 2 жыл бұрын

Mine has cleaned all the pods and bristle worms out of my tank. I feed clams and push them into a crevice he does not seem to eat them out of the shell and a jug of tigger pods weekly. I do not know if that is normal but he is going on a little over month and still is healthy (stomach is not sunken in). Wish me luck though he is still newish

@Calgho 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! Would u consider making a video about your new tank outlook and coral placements and maintenance?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Check out these 2 vids kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nL9kiLyKtL-yeas.html and kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcthaJWfptitmZs.html

@JohnG-gu5wo 2 жыл бұрын

Ive had mine for over a year i feed it mastick and mysis . Easy.

@moonbulan6188 6 ай бұрын

Can you show us how copperband lay eggs/giving birth?

@754welive5 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do a video about the yellow long nose butterfly

@-Wreckanize- 2 жыл бұрын

I compromised a lot on my tank just for my copperband. I will not get fish that are bigger or more aggressive than him, I will not get corals that he’s not compatible with, I will remove any fish or invert that tries to outcompete him or becomes aggressive, my tank revolves around my copperband.

@crazyboutferrets 2 жыл бұрын

P R A I S E T H E C O P P E R B A N D S

@frankpohl8746 2 жыл бұрын

I have same issue with blue chin triggers. 3 in total now. It's as if I can't keep fish anymore. A few weeks and gone.

@The-Fishkeeper Ай бұрын

Mine is enthusiastically demolishing frozen bloodworms. Even pulls them straight from the block, but doesn't really eat anything else. OCCASIONALLY will pick at masstick and fortified mussels, but not very enthusiastically. I'm not holding my breath just yet, but I'm hoping the bloodworms combined with the pods and spaghetti worms I see him gazing on will be enough variety to sustain him for a while. Unfortunately the one thing he doesn't graze on on the rocks is aiptasia 🤦🏻‍♂️

@johngalactus4014 2 жыл бұрын

Train them to eat clams. I blend mine in a blender, and only keep the flesh, rinsing the rest of the bits. Since they're small tiny chunks, you can train to spot feed only the Copperband. It takes time. Feeding mysis alone won't work for long term. Clams, mussels, anything super meaty, you can try to blend the flesh and feed it to the fish.

@enzomontini758 2 жыл бұрын

@reef dork can u do a week/ daily tank routine video please

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Kind of done that in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rcthaJWfptitmZs.html

@MaestroSTY 2 жыл бұрын

What do you recommend as a salinity checker? Any tool better than a refractometer?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Can't beat a refractometer - simple, reliable and accurate.

@shaneluckey09 2 жыл бұрын

My copper and won't eat anything I throw in the tank. He won't even touch the aptasia. He does peck off the rocks but I don't think that's enough

@Ray-wr2wr 9 ай бұрын

just add copperband butterfly ( 1 week ago) unfortunately his not eating meaty food as my fish do but his swimming actively and picking from 3 years establish rocks in my tank, my question is it enough food for this fish to just pick from the rocks ?

@ReefDork 9 ай бұрын

Nope - you'll need to make a conscious and significant effort to get him feeding, or he'll slowly die 😔

@jonathanlee97 2 жыл бұрын

My lfs makes their own seafood blend for the copperbands that come in. They also sell it to customers who have copperbands. 20 bucks for a container. Made of shrimp, squid, clams, garlic, seaweed and other secret stuff. They blend it into a paste and feed their copperbands with it. I was there when the owners wife was making a batch so she gave me a container for free cause i said it smelled so good i would actually eat it. My fishes loved it. I dont have copperbands tho

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Love that! 👏👏

@keto-adhd3061 2 жыл бұрын

Mine loves razorclams

@TH-zb7sh 2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry if it's just a light effect/camera reaction, but why are those two halichoeres white? I can see the radiant but are the other two your earmuff and yellow?

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

Yellow and silver belly

@andhyhermawan8500 2 жыл бұрын

Next multibar angelfish care guide please

@dominicthomas1455 2 жыл бұрын

Where is the best place to buy corals in the UK? In my experience we have nothing compared to the US, especially in the North West. Any points of interest would be most appreciated

@ReefDork 2 жыл бұрын

I list a few good places in this video - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o7udnZZ4z7OconU.html

@fuffoon 2 жыл бұрын

They always did well until they died. Two years is about the longest for me and a Chelmon. And its health is great. One day its swimming and eating and vivacious, the next its upside down stuck in the rockwork melting away. My best guess is a lack of a vital nutrient such as live tube worms.

@keithwicks9103 2 жыл бұрын

I had a copperband that ate like a pig for about a month. Would eat Mysis like crazy all the time. Then one day it just stopped eating altogether. Slowly starved to death. Don't think I'll be getting another one. It sucks because they are my favorite fish

@pieboi5002 2 жыл бұрын

@athulsonyy 2 жыл бұрын

mine lived for 3 yrs lol

@lisafoster4468 Жыл бұрын

I got a copperband who was happily eating at the store, but when I brought him home...nothing I tried worked. Frozen mysis, brine shrimp, small pellets...I even stuffed the rocks with bloodworms. Nothing. Even a live aiptasia didn't tempt him. He starved to death. It was absolutely horrible.

@nicvanorton6795 Жыл бұрын

A good way to get them started is live brine, once they eat that then you can mix in frozen brine/shrimp.

@lisafoster4468 Жыл бұрын

@@nicvanorton6795 You know what I realized since writing that? Poor thing had gill flukes. No wonder he didn't want to eat - or, given that small mouth, maybe he couldn't!!

@nicvanorton6795 Жыл бұрын

@@lisafoster4468 That would do it, you got a bad start

@RonMEGA 2 жыл бұрын

I got mine eating flake food

@williamwilson271 2 жыл бұрын

Stunning fish I bought one and lasted a couple of months . I done my research about them and went against my better judgement. My advice is don't buy one there very hard to keep alive.

@nickgarcia1292 Жыл бұрын

Something about this video rubs me the wrong way. The hypocrisy maybe? Dude had 3 dead fish before success and is now lecturing on not buying one.. I'm trying this once and that's it. Fish is awesome and in a qt but needing to find a way to keep it eating. I've given masticks,clam on half shell, fish frenzy and a couple other frozen foods.. he's eaten just not sure how much. I'd like to get visual on him pigging out.. I'll be picking up frozen brine, mysis, maybe freeze dried worms and trying to find somewhere that has live foods.. also will make a feeder.. he ate brine at the shop, and I've gotten the best feeding reaction from just fish frenzy. But he does also seem to want to hunt food on the bottom of the tank. It's a race against the clock to get it figured out for sure.

@ReefDork Жыл бұрын

No lecturing, I'm a firm believer that you can do whatever you want. I just want to emphasise that this really isn't a fish to be taken lightly and that the overall message is that you should avoid them, and to show the compromises you'll need to make if (like me) you can't resist.