How's the butterfly doing now Magic?
Angie, I'm still waiting for the brine shrimp to grow to a suitable size.
But, I spent a few hours last weekend browsing the internet to see what I could find.
There is a longstanding, and lengthy, thread on Reef Central on Copperband Butterfly's.
Live blackworms appear to be the food of choice in the US - they are available in Australia by mail order (
http://www.blackworms.com.au/searchresults.asp?cat=1819) but they are fairly expensive and I'm not sure if they can be imported to Tasmania - our quarantine laws are fairly strict!!
Unfortunately, there is still no interest in the freeze dried blackworms.
Now, blackworms are a freshwater worm, and yet they appear to cause no problems when fed long term to marine fish. I did come across a reference to a Belgium based reefer feeding his CB earthworms so, I tried some - the worm was dispatched within a fraction of a second :eek
I tried a few more and they where similarly dispatched so at least I know that it is still very interested in eating. Any thoughts on feeding earthworms to marine fish?
I did see a comment that CB's are visual eaters - I am on the lookout for a garlic press which can hopefully turn my existing frozen food mix (scallop, mussel, fish, squid etc) into worm like portions.
I also live 5 minutes from a beach so I am planning a visit next weekend to see if I can find some suitably sized sand worms.
It is probably as hard as I expected it to be, but I will find the required food item to keep this beautiful fish flourishing :)