birth of 2 builds totaling 30k gallons

[Haab]

Beautiful tank

 

[hedgedrew]

Bad news. While I was on vacation yalcin found one of my peperments dead!!!!!no idea.!! This was the first one. Didn't eat out of water column as well as the other one. So upset

 

[pwahrn]

Bad news. While I was on vacation yalcin found one of my peperments dead!!!!!no idea.!! This was the first one. Didn't eat out of water column as well as the other one. So upset

That's awful news, Andrew! So sorry to hear.

 

[RayL]

That's terrible, sorry for the loss.

Is the narcosis still in the tank?

 

[hedgedrew]

No we lost narcosis months agao to swim bladder issues. She started to swim upside down. Maybe these 400ft deep fish should be left down there

 

[Geraud]

Sorry for your losses, seeing the care you put in this tank, it does not bode well for folks with more "regular" setups.

 

[rpjaws74]

awesome set up!!

 

[dotcommer]

Bad news. While I was on vacation yalcin found one of my peperments dead!!!!!no idea.!! This was the first one. Didn't eat out of water column as well as the other one. So upset

Very sorry to hear this. How long did you have him for? Anything change while you were gone?

 

[o2manyfish]

Devastating loss! So sorry to read this, especially after we all just got through enjoying the amazing video.

Dave B

 

[RayL]

No we lost narcosis months agao to swim bladder issues. She started to swim upside down. Maybe these 400ft deep fish should be left down there

Sorry about the narcosis as well, I really liked that fish. You might be right about the fish being left at their comfort depth. It seems like 1/10, maybe even less survive for long after being removed from the ocean. If you do try again, I wish you good luck

 

[premilove]

Really sorry for the loss Andrew

 

[dave.m]

Perhaps someone should be nudging those people who have been successful breeding dwarf angels to give the peppermint a try. The failure rate in keeping the wild-caught ones is too high to justify IMHO.

Dave.M

 

[Allmost]

so sorry to hear.

 

[SteelMastiff]

Sorry about the loss Drew.

 

[Aran]

wow that sucks

 

[hedgedrew]

Thx guys. I have a theory but I can't prove it. This one that died was my reef picker. Really never ate from water column well. I think it just got too weak and ran out of food vs what they eat in natural. My other one eats anything out of water column and is more aggressive.

 

[RayL]

Thx guys. I have a theory but I can't prove it. This one that died was my reef picker. Really never ate from water column well. I think it just got too weak and ran out of food vs what they eat in natural. My other one eats anything out of water column and is more aggressive.

If this is the case, have you considered building a larger tank with more live rock and sponges for deepwater fish only.

 

[hedgedrew]

Thoughts that what I had. Any larger fish would get lost and plenty of sponges and coral to eat. Not sure

 

[drej424]

So sorry about your loss, drew! How long have you had it?

 

[hedgedrew]

Thx Denise. About a year. Not sure if it caught some oodinium from neighboring tank from new conspic or just would have happened anyway. Well I have one good one ready for a friend.