FF#01 | Keeping a Copperband Butterflyfish in your Reef Tank

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6 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the first episode of Focus Friday, featuring my Red Sea Reefer tank. If you have any specific questions regarding this weeks subject or a Focus Friday video request, please leave a comment!
Giesemann Aurora - 4x80w T5 & 4x75W LED
Maxspect Gyre XF250 | Jecod DCT8000 & DCS3000
Vertex Alpha 200 | JBL UV-c 36W | Teco TK500

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@thatfishguy4991 4 жыл бұрын

That jack knife in the reef is awesome

@simongregory449 3 жыл бұрын

I was already blown away by your livestock. - Then the pipefish turned up! - Wow

@DutchReefer 3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks, and yeah those were awesome creatures!!

@fadiabdulkader4461 3 жыл бұрын

Your tank looks so nice

@frankreynolds445 5 жыл бұрын

It looks as big as a Oscar. I didn't know Copperband Butterfly fish get that big. That is one beautiful fish.

@aarontussey7071 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Beautiful display! That’s a pretty wide diversity of fish you have collected!! Impressive. Thank you for the high def video!

@briansfishtanks 6 жыл бұрын

Your tank looks so nice! Keep up the great work!

@nyhec1 Жыл бұрын

H.l8 oklkkk(kk

@chrisgroves5381 6 жыл бұрын

I could watch your fish and corals all day... Beautiful

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

I should make a 24h long video so you can put it on your TV screensaver or something haha!

@DownSouthReefer 5 жыл бұрын

Dude your tank is insane. WOW!! One of the nicest I have seen.

@rustytehmeathook 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. This is by far my favourite reef tank! I love the corals and the livestock.

@gd6585 6 жыл бұрын

What an absolutely stunning tank and fish!

@tonylowe5200 5 жыл бұрын

beautiful tank dude, great to hear your experience with this fish too, appreciate it

@MichellesMermaidRoom 6 жыл бұрын

I for one will be anticipating your focus Friday video. Stunning reef and of course each and every little thing in there is superb. 💖💖💖💖💖

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Good to hear Larie, always good to see you around! And eh... thanks :-D!!!!

@andrewreed6549 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful tank and fish.

@wafledonkyproductins 4 жыл бұрын

This is the nicest reef tank I have ever seen

@DutchReefer 4 жыл бұрын

It was my greatest tank so far!

@colinrob6662 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing tank! Great work sir!

@JustinTrissel 3 жыл бұрын

I just bought one the other day! Before buying him I did request the guys at the fish store feed him before purchase. He ate, in small pecks though, taking his time. Thanks for sharing this net trick tactic I’ll have to give it a try 😊

@Njwobrien 2 жыл бұрын

I've just found your channel and really like the content. Subscribed from New Zealand. :)

@CosyCamper 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful tank.. Ive just purchased a copperband. Thanks for the upload and advice.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stewart, good luck with your CB!

@dreamreefbeltran1495 6 жыл бұрын

Going to be a good series gives me a chance to look at your magnificent Aquarium

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Haha I hope that it works out the way I planned it, thanks!

@CescaTheDarkHorse 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video and some great information on a great looking fish. The reef looks better every time I see it :)

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@LL-gv8hd 5 жыл бұрын

Wow great looking tank👍

@sejumvp5903 6 жыл бұрын

Best tank on youtube! So clean and structured

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you, thanks!

@JasonEKeane 6 жыл бұрын

Simply beautiful!

@adamkiely7491 6 жыл бұрын

Great video 👍

@fabioaoki6619 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing dude one of the best!!!!

@littlebit8901 6 жыл бұрын

I will follow along for this. Love your tank! *Subscribed*

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Welcome, and thanks!

@mitian 6 жыл бұрын

Lovely fish! so big!

@kkrishna9791 6 жыл бұрын

Just love your tank

@someone6reefs 6 жыл бұрын

Great info on copperband i just purchased one thanks👍

@tylerjaax4917 6 жыл бұрын

I will now be looking forward to Fridays for one more reason!

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Haha that's great to hear Tyler :D

@thedust8064 5 жыл бұрын

Greatest so far.

@Danzo285 6 жыл бұрын

Nice ! Until next Friday 😁 keep it going.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel, will do!

@mattdiscus 6 жыл бұрын

Love your videos!!!!

@westvirginiareefer6424 6 жыл бұрын

Wonderful looking tank! I want to get a Copperband!

@MichaelSinclairdotnet 6 жыл бұрын

Prachtige vlindervissen! Its really good to see one doing so well.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Dankjewel Michael!

@johnsmith7510 6 жыл бұрын

Great! Your tank is so beautiful! Thank you!

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much John!

@johnsmith7510 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Dutch Reefer, I am impatient for Spotted drum fish video :)

@chrischenusa6323 5 жыл бұрын

The copper band is a great fish, YES it likes aiptasia and infortunatelly father dusters too. I agree!

@ttravreefsaquatics8354 6 жыл бұрын

Great looking tank!! Great info!!

@ttravreefsaquatics8354 6 жыл бұрын

Sub u!!

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for both the love and the sub!

@reeferjay23 6 жыл бұрын

Great video...I think the main key for its long term success is not having large boisterous tangs in the same tank with it. Subscribed

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! And indeed, calm(er) fish in the tank definitely does help :)

@carlsonmoncrief3370 6 жыл бұрын

Mine will be here Wednesday! Along with a Moorish idol o.O

@cartucho360 6 жыл бұрын

I love your tank too

@plootsa 6 жыл бұрын

Getting one too great looking fish

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

They are indeed amazing fish to have :)

@Omsk-Sea 2 жыл бұрын

Отличное видео👍, подписался на Ваш канал, теперь буду залипать🙌 пока все серии не посмотрю 😁

@Bronx19 6 жыл бұрын

Was really surprised when the pipe fish came out.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Haha surprised how? Because you didn't expect it to be in there?

@victorwashington7306 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful Tank Beautiful Copperband Butterfly Excellent advice

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Victor!

@cesarsilva981 4 жыл бұрын

nice tank the name of the fish is like a zebra thanks

@DutchReefer 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cesar! That's a Spotted Drum (Equetus Punctatus)

@qutubhashmi1656 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video. Specially the CBB is beautiful. Any special reason for using thick grained sand.

@DutchReefer 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I like it that way, and it builds up less dirt over time!

@lisadimercurio9473 6 жыл бұрын

Love your vids and thanks for highlighting you copperband. Do your Mandarins eat frozen?

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lisa! Yeah the mandarins eat frozen, albeit slow.

@ianwood3143 6 жыл бұрын

Stunning fish, one of my favourites - what's your key to success with a fish that often doesn't live long in our captive tanks in the UK ?

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

It truly is a remarkable fish to keep in your aquarium. For me the key success factors are: Don't keep too much "busy" fish, this one enjoys a bit of calmness. But also make sure it eats well and enough, it's easily underfed when you don't feed enough or if it doesn't properly eat.

@davidcunningham2708 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Dutch Reefer love your videos. I have an aiptasia break out in my 850 litre reef tank and was wondering if getting a copperband would be too risky considering I have a large aggressive sohal tang.

@eddyortiz8110 6 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful!! I don't know if I noticed the big coral on the lower right side of the Tank before or is it a anemone.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eddy! The big one on the lower right is a soft coral which has grown substantially over the last year. It's a Sarcophyton!

@chamoyuan24 4 жыл бұрын

tips to avoid for goby not to jump? i haven't had any luck they all jump out tank

@airtripko 6 жыл бұрын

Butterflyfish is next on my list for buy, I'm only thing that worried me is feeding.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Make sure that it eats frozen foods when you buy it at your LFS before buying it and you should be good!

@airtripko 6 жыл бұрын

I will do that, i have some frozen food that It's not my concern.

@heidisfishtank7543 6 жыл бұрын

It’s my absolute favorite fish. I had one that was eating amazing and unfortunately it died anyways 😢. But I just love them.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

It's indeed a great fish! Aww that's sad Heidi, do you consider buying another one?

@bezmolvie1980 3 жыл бұрын

Many people say they die , sometimes without a clear reason. Thought to buy one... But after all examples of fast unreasonable death.. I dont know

@perryb4590 Жыл бұрын

Awesome tank!!! How many gallons is this tank? And how many fish do you have in it?

@DutchReefer Жыл бұрын

Thanks! It was a Reefer 525 and I think there were about 20 fish in there :)

@reefaholic7362 5 жыл бұрын

Really nice tank! What is the black and white striped fish with the long fins?

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's a Spotted Drum, Equetus Punctatus!

@walterotiepka1460 6 жыл бұрын

What a great looking tank can you please tell me the tank dimensions and volume

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Walter! It's a Red Sea Reefer 525XL, about 140 gallons

@AbsoluteZero6714 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Anton how big is this tank by the way what are its dimensions in length, width and height? Awesome tank! And Merry Christmas xD Question about your One Spot Foxface is it more rare than the Foxface Lo? What about Tomini Tangs are they rare in the Netherlands? And I don’t know how long you’ve had all your fish but do fish really get to their maximum sizes as seen on FishBase? It says Copperband can get to 20cm, Spotted Drum 25cm, Fox Face 25cm, Tomini 16cm etc.

@AbsoluteZero6714 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for a long inquiry!

@josephmorales7060 6 жыл бұрын

How often are you feeding the anthias? Also, I noticed that you keep your return pump and gyre running during feeding. Do you ever use a feed mode or turn them off to allow the food t stay in the water column longer?

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Once a day, sometimes twice. I do feed quite a lot when I feed so every fish gets its share. I always keep on all the pumps, no specific reason why

@KreefAquariumhobby 6 жыл бұрын

Mooi mooi. Ik ben van plan om er een te halen.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Goed plan! Zijn echt leuke beestjes :)

@KreefAquariumhobby 6 жыл бұрын

Dutch Reefer ja. En heb wel een paar glasanemonen voor hem ook. 😂😂 alleen heb ik al met een paar mensen gebabbeld erover en die doen precies of het onmogelijk is om er 1 te houden. Maar ze hebben er dan wel zelf ene zitten. 😂😂

@SToSeven7 6 жыл бұрын

How do you get the water so clear ? Why method are you running on the tank Triton ? ATI ? Balling ?? Thanks for any info

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

I have a mesh filter in the sump, and of course also the skimmer is doing its job

@charlieeagler7639 5 жыл бұрын

I have got one for 2 years and a half.... I feed it two times at day mysis shrimp and Formula One from Ocean Nutrition. I am not sure is it eats bristle worms too. Ive seen him out of the rocks a few times and it makes a loud sound. I still cant catch what it eas when makes that noise.

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah the sounds is very familiar, I hear it as well when mine eats stuff, even when it's picking it from the glass. To me it sounds like the sound of it's beak clapping together haha

@oofpokemon5275 3 жыл бұрын

Can peaple please say what butterfly fish are reef safe

@davidbergaragonzalez5653 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful tank! I'm new to the hobby, can anyone tell me the name of the black and white fish with the high dorsal fin at 7:10 ? Also, I thought you couldn't keep pipefish and seahorses with most other fish? I love that mandarin, it's one of, if not my favorite fish.

@ThatCarGuy 4 жыл бұрын

Jack knife fish

@davidbergaragonzalez5653 4 жыл бұрын

@@ThatCarGuy Thank you!

@ThatCarGuy 4 жыл бұрын

@@davidbergaragonzalez5653 Anytime

@dennismoody4312 6 жыл бұрын

I’m sure people ask all the time..what is the method of nutrient export you are using and also do you run a calcium reactor or dose? Thank you.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Just check out some of my other video's on how I reduce nutrients, and also I'm using the ATI Essentials method (dosing)

@saltwaterdrew 6 жыл бұрын

With the two dragonface pipe fish, the two mandarins, the two wrasse, and the sand sifting goby, do you have any populations of amphipods or copepods? I know that populations of both can be very beneficial when keeping mandarins.

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure there are enough amphi/copepods in there because I've kept them all alive for over a year and they look fat and healthy, but I don't add them specifically. I do add frozen copepods twice/thrice week.

@TheArowana12 5 жыл бұрын

hi, i realized your using 5mm sand as your substrate , can your sand goby keep up with that size?

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

No no I'm using 1-2mm sand, and Goby is fine with that!

@westvirginiareefer6424 6 жыл бұрын

What is the blue fish in the video most of the time with the Copperband?

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

That's a wrasse, blue star leopard!

@lukefham7138 4 жыл бұрын

Do you turn your flow down while feeding ?

@DutchReefer 4 жыл бұрын

Nope :)

@gabrielcaballero484 5 жыл бұрын

How often you feed your copperband a day?

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

Just once a day Gabriel!

@freddy-b 6 жыл бұрын

Zou deze ook Xenia lusten? Would it feed on Xenia?

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Nee daar ga ik niet vanuit!

@kkrishna9791 5 жыл бұрын

Sir i m planning to keep Copperband butterfly but will it nip zoas

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

You can never be sure that they don't go after zoa's but mine is absoutely reef safe, I have had it since 2014.

@sweetscience1019 5 жыл бұрын

How many gallons is your tank?

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

About 140g!

@MetalcoreDeathcore 5 жыл бұрын

7:10 which fish is that with black and white long stripe ?

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

That's a spotted drum! In my newest video you can see him all grown up :)

@MetalcoreDeathcore 5 жыл бұрын

Ok...thanx for the information.

@JonathanRenfrogamer 5 жыл бұрын

I was going to ask the same question

@adofonconi9753 6 жыл бұрын

LOL IT'S HUGE!

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's huge indeed, has grown so much in three years time!

@adofonconi9753 6 жыл бұрын

You should definitely be proud of your job, man! That's not a common achievement. Your whole tank is a dream. When I'll be in paradise, I'll have a similar tank. With ornate and raccoon butterflyfishes NOT eating corals, a peaceful trigger, and a huge grouper who never takes a shit......

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Well I am a little of course :-)... Haha yeah that does sound like a dream, having a grouper and a trigger is something I want as well, but not in this tank :-)

@fahadkw92 6 жыл бұрын

What’s name of ur skimmer ?

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

I had a Vertex Alpha 200 but I changed it today to an Octo Regal 150-S because the Vertex pump broke down

@nsboost 5 жыл бұрын

How big of a tank?

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

Reefer 525, so 150cm and 525L

@Wallerzon 2 жыл бұрын

What size is this tank?

@DutchReefer 2 жыл бұрын

This was a Red Sea Reefer 525, about 150cm wide!

@rudy6222 5 жыл бұрын

What are those white snake looking things

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

Those are Dragon Face Pipefish, pretty hard to keep in a mixed reef tank (they died)

@tannerh2076 3 жыл бұрын

How big is this tank

@DutchReefer 3 жыл бұрын

This is a Reefer 525 which is about 500L / 140g

@devildawg4947 4 жыл бұрын

Size of tank?

@DutchReefer 4 жыл бұрын

This was a red sea reefer 525 xl, 150x55x55

@amirulfirdaus9767 3 жыл бұрын

how to distinguish which is male and female?

@DutchReefer 3 жыл бұрын

To be honest I wouldn't know!

@amirulfirdaus9767 3 жыл бұрын

@@DutchReefer it's okay man, appreciate your reply

@kissace3083 6 жыл бұрын

Have you ever encounter ich on ur fish ? If yes, do you know how to kill it

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

Years ago I had some Ich outbreaks. What fixed it for me permanently (haven't had ich since) is adding a UV sterilizer to the tank!

@acf951 6 жыл бұрын

Dutch Reefer What UV sterilizer are you using?

@DutchReefer 6 жыл бұрын

JBL AquaCristal UV-C 36 watt

@Bapekq 5 жыл бұрын

So he eats coral or not?

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

No, only feather dusters and aiptasia (they are technically corals though)

@Bapekq 5 жыл бұрын

Dutch Reefer does he easy care? And what he eat? Shrimp ok? But the water need tobe for awhile right?

@DutchReefer 5 жыл бұрын

Care is not easy, they can be hard to feed. they like small shrimp like mysis and krill! yes you need a tank that has been running for a while since they are very sensitive fish.