Did you chop up the Aiptasia anemone for the butterfly? Mincing it into itty bitty bits makes them very appealing as a butterfly snack.
A freshwater dip is a procedure in which the fish is dumped into a bucket of fresh water of the same pH & temp which is fully aerated. This is primarily used to destroy gill/external parasites, but a side effect is appetite stimulation. Different fish have different tolerances for freshwater dips, but three minutes is as long enough. Openwater smoothskinned fish like jacks are not good at surviving dips, but a butterfly would have no problems.
The boxfish is probably another Lactophrys, but there are so many of these guys in the brown color as juveniles that I couldn't guess which one you have. All the Lactophrys tend to look pretty cool as adults. By the way, they are cowfishes, not boxes, but when that young they certainly pass for boxes.
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