How is your cbb doing today? When i brought mine home he (buddy) was pacing the tank for a few days. It's a sign of stress. He's in a new home and has been moved quite a bit in the past month or two (figure, from the sea to a tank. from that tank to a bag, from that bag to a plane then to another tank.. then to another bag to a box. then that bag/box to another tank then to a bag, then to your tank.)
the best thing to do is give him some "space" don't try to catch him and move him again. it will add more stress. It took about a week to get buddy to eat a "full meal" he would pick at the brine then not touch it he also did the peck and spit method trying to trick me in to thinking he was eating. I ended up switching to Hikari Mysis and he would also pick at it. I experimented with it a bit and used kent Garlic and he didn't touch it. I used Seachem Entice and he started eating more. then he stopped after a day. In the end what worked for me to get buddy to eat was..... Frozen Hikari Mysis Freshly thawed (as soon as the cube broke up, i waited a minute or two and added to the tank) no garlic, no food additives. nada.
after a few weeks of him eating the hikari mysis i started adding frozen Hikari spirilina brine to the mix and he started eating that.
NOTE: for a while he was eating all the tube worms in my tank (back glass and onthe rock) so his appetite was minimal for about a week or so.
he eventually stopped pacing the tank and now swims my rock work looking for worms, bits of food, and pods. He will NOT touch anything dried.
CBB's are very "gentle" fish. and do not tolerate a lot of fuss in the tank. Keep an eye on him and try not to be fishing in the tank all that much until he get's established. Try feeding a few times a day (just a little at a time but no more than the Full amount in a day.. example: if you feed 1 cube a day then feed that cube over the span of the day instead of all at once)
here is buddy about 3 weeks after getting him (got him on 12.07.08). he's searching for food in my tank
this is what my tank looks like now:
he does not bother my corals at all. he may peck at a zoa or the yellow polyps but at close observation he's plucking the mysis that landed there off the polyp.
he does pick "in between" the polyps, i would expect that he's trying to get at the pods in there.
Good luck with your CBB. Post some pics and your progress!
the best thing to do is give him some "space" don't try to catch him and move him again. it will add more stress. It took about a week to get buddy to eat a "full meal" he would pick at the brine then not touch it he also did the peck and spit method trying to trick me in to thinking he was eating. I ended up switching to Hikari Mysis and he would also pick at it. I experimented with it a bit and used kent Garlic and he didn't touch it. I used Seachem Entice and he started eating more. then he stopped after a day. In the end what worked for me to get buddy to eat was..... Frozen Hikari Mysis Freshly thawed (as soon as the cube broke up, i waited a minute or two and added to the tank) no garlic, no food additives. nada.
after a few weeks of him eating the hikari mysis i started adding frozen Hikari spirilina brine to the mix and he started eating that.
NOTE: for a while he was eating all the tube worms in my tank (back glass and onthe rock) so his appetite was minimal for about a week or so.
he eventually stopped pacing the tank and now swims my rock work looking for worms, bits of food, and pods. He will NOT touch anything dried.
CBB's are very "gentle" fish. and do not tolerate a lot of fuss in the tank. Keep an eye on him and try not to be fishing in the tank all that much until he get's established. Try feeding a few times a day (just a little at a time but no more than the Full amount in a day.. example: if you feed 1 cube a day then feed that cube over the span of the day instead of all at once)
here is buddy about 3 weeks after getting him (got him on 12.07.08). he's searching for food in my tank
this is what my tank looks like now:
he does not bother my corals at all. he may peck at a zoa or the yellow polyps but at close observation he's plucking the mysis that landed there off the polyp.
he does pick "in between" the polyps, i would expect that he's trying to get at the pods in there.
Good luck with your CBB. Post some pics and your progress!
