The Copperband Butterfly is such a dramatic fish. Another one of my favorites but,
CAUTION must be the word on these. Most come from the Philippines and many are still being caught with cyanide. Cyanide caught fish are doomed. That is why it is against the law but alas, that law is seldom enforced because of the lack of funds, personnel and the size of the range.
This is not a fish for the newbie or a new tank plus, they should be housed in nothing smaller than a 100 gal, in my humble opinion!!! I got bit by one about a year ago...
Beautiful, isn't it? By all accounts this is a healthy CB. It is large, fat, alert, swimming normal, breathing normal, it nibbled at live brine at the store and didn't look stressed. I bit, $75 worth, and within two weeks it developed a patch of raised scales on it's right shoulder area. Within 2 or 3 days from that showing up, it died. Buyer be aware on CBs.
Dick
