The Copperband died over the weekend. Do not know why, he looked fine Saturday but was on his side under the rocks on Sunday morning. No marks or injuries externally. Had him for about 1 month and he was eating bloodworm from the start and had started to eat other foods (clam, squid) about 1 week ago.
Will probably try again as we did like the fish. Currently have a Hippo tang in quarantine where he will be for about another week (total of 4) and then see if there are any Copperbands in any of the surrounding LFS.
I did get 2 new corals, a green scoly and a hamerhead
Tried once again with another CopperBand, appeared to be doing well in quarantine and was eating.
Put him in the display tank and again the Regal Angel took a dislike to him and started to chase him. Unlike with the first Copperband he did not leave him alone and kept at him. I moved the Copperband to the sump but he died a few hours later.
Much as I like the Copperbands they are obviously not for my tank. Need to try something different, less delicate maybe. Looking to get 1 larger or 2-3 smaller fish to finish up the tank, hard to get that combination of reef safe, not too aggressive and not too delicate.
I've just added a Potter's angel and my tangs were chasing him, particularly the bristletooth. I remembered someone on here using a mirror to deflect aggression so I stuck a mirror on one end of the tank. It is working really well. There is still some chasing but the bristletooth is really preoccupied with his reflection. Both tangs chased my copperband when I added him and it took 4 or 5 days to tail off. Now they mostly ignore each other. Going to leave the mirror in place for at least a few more days and then see how things are.
Let us know how your Potter's is doing...
Hi Salty,
The Potter's seems to have settled in fine. I've posted some video on my tank thread. The mirror distracted the tangs for a few days so the aggression has not been too bad. So far he has been a model citizen - spends a lot of time browsing the back wall of the tank or picking algae of the rocks. Not seen any sign of him showing interest in my corals which is great.
Dave