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Hello reefers!
I recently acquired a pyramid butterfly and in my experience with a few previous tanks is these guys are pretty much as reef safe as you can get. I’ve never had a problem with them eating or touching corals however this guys seems to be causing my Sinularia some problems
I have also been struggling to get this guy to eat, he only wants to eat nori. I have been trying him on:
- Mysis
- Brine
- Masstick
- Marine Grazer
- Pellets
- Frozen algae mix
doesn’t touch any of them..
I had him in quarantine for about 4-5 weeks and he didn’t eat much then either I did see him eat a few mysis and a little brine over that period. He went through TTM, prazipro and freshwater dips and showed no signs of parasites including flukes - which I thought might have been the cause of his eating problem as when I got him he was head twitching a lot but the FW dip showed nothing even before prazipro.
He did have some mouth fungus as well which has cleared up since being in the display.
I wanted to know if anyone hashad any experience getting finicky fish to eat a more varied diet but also how I could go about getting him to stop nipping at my sinularia
I have attached a photo of before he went in vs after - he doesn’t appear to have done any damage to it and I haven’t seen him pick at it the last couple of days it was more so when he first went in. He also nipped at a Zoa once but hasn’t gone back again - all the Zoas are still out as normal
Any help would be much appreciated!
I recently acquired a pyramid butterfly and in my experience with a few previous tanks is these guys are pretty much as reef safe as you can get. I’ve never had a problem with them eating or touching corals however this guys seems to be causing my Sinularia some problems
I have also been struggling to get this guy to eat, he only wants to eat nori. I have been trying him on:
- Mysis
- Brine
- Masstick
- Marine Grazer
- Pellets
- Frozen algae mix
doesn’t touch any of them..
I had him in quarantine for about 4-5 weeks and he didn’t eat much then either I did see him eat a few mysis and a little brine over that period. He went through TTM, prazipro and freshwater dips and showed no signs of parasites including flukes - which I thought might have been the cause of his eating problem as when I got him he was head twitching a lot but the FW dip showed nothing even before prazipro.
He did have some mouth fungus as well which has cleared up since being in the display.
I wanted to know if anyone hashad any experience getting finicky fish to eat a more varied diet but also how I could go about getting him to stop nipping at my sinularia
I have attached a photo of before he went in vs after - he doesn’t appear to have done any damage to it and I haven’t seen him pick at it the last couple of days it was more so when he first went in. He also nipped at a Zoa once but hasn’t gone back again - all the Zoas are still out as normal
Any help would be much appreciated!