keeping a copperband butterflyfish

[flintcore]

I'm at my wit's end with this copperband, I swear if she doesn't start eating soon I'll lose my mind. Those chromis are like food vacuums, they leave nothing for her. I'm that frustrated, I feel like smashing up my rockwork, it's not like I've had any joy from this fish. What's even more annoying is I can keep anemones thriving, but this fish is a different story. I'm not a complete beginner, but she's making me question my whole setup. I just want everything to be perfect, like the sand to stay white and the algae to disappear, but with this fish it's just one problem after another.

[flynix]

look, maybe just do more research before buying, then you wont get so frustrated

[flintcore]

I did my research, got all the right stuff, vitamins just for her, live foods, garlic guard, the works. I knew they could be finicky eaters but I thought I was ready. She was eating like mad at the shop, Lionest wouldn't have made a difference. I just miss my first little one, she fed like crazy and died in a week, no idea why. I'm sorry I lost my temper, it's just nothing in my life ever goes to plan. I hope she doesn't die, I love her so much, but if she does, I'll get another one, one that's not scared of food.

[flame9x]

I'm not sure what else I can do, I've got a tank and some other fish in it but I didn't think that would be the problem, my tank's a decent size and the other fish seem to be doing alright, I've got a few chromis in there and they're always eating, but my copperband just isn't interested, I've tried feeding her all sorts of things but nothing seems to be working.

[flintcore]

I've got a 190 litre tank, it's a mixed bag - 2 royal grammas, 2 tomato clowns, pyjama cardinal, banggai cardinal, flame angel, valentini puffer, fluxeon goby, 6 chromis (they're getting the boot), peacock wrasse, firtideflow, and a goby and shrimp pair.