Hi,
We bought a copperband butterfly fish yesterday. The situation's a bit unique in that he's in a holding tank that is jury rigged, so it has one inflow that is pretty strong and hard to turn off (for feeding time, but we CAN do it).
The tank is a 45 (4' long by 1' wide) with live rock (with aiptasia on it), a clownfish, an anemone, and a yellow-eyed Kole tang. The tang is definitely asserting dominance, but not hounding the butterflyfish yet.
My first question is: what do they like to eat? I have read that we need to "coax." What does this mean in your experience with butterflyfish?
I assume that we can't just assume that he'll live on aiptasia... Right now I have in the house: frozen PE Mysis shrimp, frozen Forumula 1, DT phytoplanktin, high-quality flake food, and algae sheets.
TIA for your experiences coaxing butterfly fish to eat!