You think so? I figured the wrasses might give it confidence to swim around the tank, or the opposite will happen and it’ll hide BECAUSE there’s so many fast swimmers around it haha
I always get babies and add them first. I love watching them grow
I’m tempted. I mean it’s like a rite of passage, right? Haha everybody has to have a pair. I’m also tempted to put a Kleini on the list HAHA hopefully mine won’t be a bully.I always get babies and add them first. I love watching them grow
I would avoid that fish! Mine is t a bully he just irritates the F out of all my fish and ticks them off! Annoying fish!
ASAP lol
Wow that melon butterfly is beautiful! I love the orange one but cant ever find it anywhere!Just a tip, give it a few years before delving in to the obligate corallivores. I’ve just recently felt that I had the needed knowledge to have a good shot at taking care of these things properly and that’s with 20+ years of reefing. These things are something else in terms of husbandry. They basically have all the traits that makes them very challenging to keep in captivity. Difficulty feeding, sensitive to disease, easily bullied, needs a constant supply of food etc etc.
I’d advise you to sharpen your teeth in some easier corallivores first. The orange spotted file fish is a good candidate.
I got a trifasciatus and melapterus about three months ago. After a lot of food training I got them over to prepared foods and the melon is now even eating flakes of the water surface.
Sadly the melapterus came in with a bacterial infection that I never managed to get rid of. It ate very well but sadly passed away after a couple of months.
Over the weekend I picked up a baronessa that is now chilling in my conditioning tank.
Luckily the owner of my LFS special orders these things to me directly from the exporters which really helps. They do horrible in the supply chain.
Oh yeah, always quarantine your butterflies (I would recommend a non medicated QT with live rock). They almost always come in with flukes and you will need to do repeated freshwater dips.
I have fairly easy access to them through exporters in Kenya. They are however fairly pricey but I will be getting another one in due time.
Omg Viking Reefing! I feel like I'm talking to a celebrityJust a tip, give it a few years before delving in to the obligate corallivores. I’ve just recently felt that I had the needed knowledge to have a good shot at taking care of these things properly and that’s with 20+ years of reefing. These things are something else in terms of husbandry. They basically have all the traits that makes them very challenging to keep in captivity. Difficulty feeding, sensitive to disease, easily bullied, needs a constant supply of food etc etc.
I’d advise you to sharpen your teeth in some easier corallivores first. The orange spotted file fish is a good candidate.
I got a trifasciatus and melapterus about three months ago. After a lot of food training I got them over to prepared foods and the melon is now even eating flakes of the water surface.
Sadly the melapterus came in with a bacterial infection that I never managed to get rid of. It ate very well but sadly passed away after a couple of months.
Over the weekend I picked up a baronessa that is now chilling in my conditioning tank.
Luckily the owner of my LFS special orders these things to me directly from the exporters which really helps. They do horrible in the supply chain.
Oh yeah, always quarantine your butterflies (I would recommend a non medicated QT with live rock). They almost always come in with flukes and you will need to do repeated freshwater dips.
Big fan of your channel and I admire how you challenge yourself and how you apply your years of experience with taking care of these fish that are deemed impossible to keep. I got really excited when you uploaded your video on the corallivore butterflies, they're like holy grail fish for me.
Sorry that I missed your reply. I posted when I was traveling to a meeting and after a long day in a conference room I completely forgot about reef2reef lol.Omg Viking Reefing! I feel like I'm talking to a celebrity
Yes, I will definitely NOT be attempting to keep these obligate corallivores anytime soon haha I mean the idea of keeping a Copperband (one of my dream fish) is still so intimidating to me. I've watched several videos on how to take care of a CBB (your care guide is what introduced me to your channel!) and I still feel like I can't do it, what chance do I have with the corallivores? Haha
That baronessa looks great! Is it eating yet or just chilling for now? How's the trifasciatus?
Totally understandable, gotta work hard to keep a reef tank as big as yours
nice to hear the 2 corallivores are doing great, I’m not jealous at all… haha
Definitely. One of the major issues with these kinds of fish is that they do really poorly in the supply chain. If you can get one that was in the ocean just a couple of days ago your success rate should increase exponentially.Totally understandable, gotta work hard to keep a reef tank as big as yours
I cannot tell you how many times I’ve watched the cbb vid haha do you think I’d have more luck choosing a good cbb since we get them locally? You mentioned in the corallivore video that you want transit time cut down as much as possible so it’s less stressful on the fish, I think this is as short as it gets haha practically just plucked out of the ocean into the facility.
