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I went up to Roozens today and found a very beautiful copperband butterfly. It is about 2-3 inches long and was in the coral system. They have had it for a little while and it was in super condition. And to my delight he is readily accepting frozen mysis shrimp. This is by far my best find at Roozens so far.

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Mike,

Hope it likes aptasia- They are great looking fish- glad to see that they would feed it for you. BTW awesome flow system you have on that tank- not a dead spot anywhere- you should end up with some great longterm growth on your frags-

Regards,

Lee

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I will go grab my camera and try to get some pics up in the next few hours.

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Yes, he is eating frozen mysis. He is also eating feather dusters and other stuff off the live rock. I am also hoping he may pick at an aiptasia or two! :D

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I wouldn't exactly say I am displeased he is eating the feather dusters. I have so many of those little white ones and no attractive ones, so I am not losing any sleep over it.

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Well, I can't find a single aiptasia in my tank!!! Either my 6 peppermint shrimp that I have had for nearly a month started eating them, doubtful, or my copperband is earning his stay! :D Either way I am happy!!!

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I have quite a few majanos that hitchiked in on some live rock I added. I also had several aiptasia but now they are all gone.

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Mike, I can not beleive all that aptasia on the rock in left side of your tank is gone- Great news- Beautiful fish, and has some great aptasia killing qualities to boot- My experience with Majano is that joe's juice will not kill them the first time- They need to be severly wounded and then joe's juice will finish them off- I never had any luck with vinegar injected in them- though it works well on the aptasia, sometimes taking two injections though over a couple of days.

Try an experiment fo rus if you will- Wound the majano with a sharp object and see if your copperband will finnish it off- It would be neat to use no chemicals.

Thanks,

Lee

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Lee, as soon as I get back from Tahoe I will gladly wound those little pests. I will try several methods since I have a very large amount of the annoying little things.

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Craig, if you are thinking of mixing cbb's in with host anenomes/clowns, it is a recipe for disaster. Clowns are butterflies are mortal enemies.

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I've had great success with using lemon juice on Majanos. I would have to say that only about 30-40% require the second injection, but most of the time that is only if they contract before I can inject.

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Michael, I have a copperband in with 2 ocellaris clowns. Of course they are tank bred and don't have a host, but I have never seen them pick at eachother. As well, I have been told by reputable sources that they do fine together and every compatability chart I have seen on the internet says they are fine together.

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very interesting to hear that. I saw first hand a pair of leukokranis beat up on a cbb.

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