sevenyearnight
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I read something somewhere that some people use some toxin to catch wild fish, and that they don't tend to live much past a few months. This may have been a contributing factor. I havev approximately 100 or so lbs of live rock, a refugium with pods and aiptasia, and chaeto. Octopus skimmer. Nitrates were undetectable, everything else was 0 and every other possible test showed exactly at optimal/normal levels. My cbf was grazing, eating mysis soaked in vitamins and omegas. Very active, friendly, good weight, no sunken stomach, no signs of disease. Zero stress, very peaceful teammates. But she just suddenly died this morning. Everyone else, inverts, the scaless fish, everyone acting like nothing is wrong.
So I suppose this is either not a tank fish or maybe she was caught with a chemical. I feel horrible. She was stolen from her home and I guess there wasn't enough information online about diet and care, perhaps she may have had a deficiency. I thought I would have her for years according to my set up. I hate that I made a bad decision thinking it would work. I just hope she didn't suffer long.
I would suggest avoiding this fish, the stories we found after seemed to be too common.
I'm so unhappy, she was such a lovely fish.
So I suppose this is either not a tank fish or maybe she was caught with a chemical. I feel horrible. She was stolen from her home and I guess there wasn't enough information online about diet and care, perhaps she may have had a deficiency. I thought I would have her for years according to my set up. I hate that I made a bad decision thinking it would work. I just hope she didn't suffer long.
I would suggest avoiding this fish, the stories we found after seemed to be too common.
I'm so unhappy, she was such a lovely fish.