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Old 02-12-2008, 12:59 AM
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Not sure if I mentioned it here but I had a large aptaisa forest growing and added a Copper Banded Butterfly and it ate that ugly stuff almost over night. Just a little info if anyone didnt know this.
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Old 02-12-2008, 08:54 AM
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does the copper banded butterfly eat polyps as well though?
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Old 02-12-2008, 08:55 AM
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I had here from a friend that a butterfly ate some of his polyps
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Old 02-12-2008, 09:36 AM
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My lfs has those in stock almost all the time and they get them to also eat frozen mysis with garlic.
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Old 02-22-2008, 10:49 AM
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Copperband is not reef safe, they will eat polyps
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Old 02-22-2008, 02:16 PM
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i had a copperband in my tank for a while and he did just fine didnt bother any corals just ate my little feather dusters in the rocks
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Old 02-22-2008, 02:30 PM
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I was thinking about getting one myself but dont want to chance my polyps or feather dusters getting eatten
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