Copperband and Coco/tube worms

[tench1]

Guys!

Anyone had any issue keeping Tubeworm with Copperband in the same tank?

Mine Little Copperband kept picking on the Tubeworm. That result in having to pick up the tube worm numerous time back to its original position.

And only today! i saw with my own eyes, witnessing the fish picking on the worm... :thumbdown:

Please share your thoughts...

Thanks in advance!

[straydum]

copperbands will feed on feather dusters / tubeworms naturally so you can't keep trying to protect the worms. whether those larger coco worms will survive i'm not sure. probably depends on the size and appetite of the fish itself.

[tench1]

oh mine....ya, you are right bro stray!

Thats explains why Mike's Feather disappear as well.

Okay, time to sell it when its still alive!

[stina]

I had a copperband and a coco in the same tank for a week or two... Then my chelmon rostratus allmost destroyed coco, and I had to give it to my friend.

So IMO coco and chelmon just can't go together in a same tank.

[tench1]

True, now away from the copperband. Very happy worm indeed!