Expensive Fish Loss

[kalan850]

What happened for this to happen? was it from a mistake ? accident ?

Temp dropped too low in the tank as a result the he got ich. I tried to counter the ich by raising the temp to 86 and keeping it there to keep it from reproducing. Come to find out the 300w fluval heater maxed out at 84 even turned all the way up. During this time period the ich spread. The 84 degrees only helped the parasite. If I would have been paying attention to the temps more closely I could have stopped this from happening!

 

[kalan850]

I just spent $40 on meds for a $23 Bannerfish... didnt bat an eye... I purchased the fish... it became my responsibility... NO MATTER THE COST.

This whole thing isn't easy to deal with. It's really great to start a thread with a question that people like yourself feel it's ok to comment without answering the question or at least showing some form of consideration... Thanks for your post buddy...

 

[ca1ore]

Come on now Simon! Where's the fun in that? :fish1:

Ha, yeah; a truth more than 'advice'. It is the only way to guarantee not losing expensive fish :lol:; otherwise it's a sad inevitability.

 

[cymen]

I don't think he meant it that way. Just that he felt the same and would do whatever he could for his fish. Nobody is assuming you didn't.

I feel the same... I haven't bought any expensive fish as I'm just starting out on my first 20g reef tank but I just spent the money to get a quarantine tank setup and meds. We all love our fish. I am guessing it only gets harder as the tanks get bigger and your fish options expand.

 

[Cheje]

When my orange spot sleeper goby disappeared i was frantically looking for a week before accepting his fate. He was mine and my girlfriends favourite fish. I feel though i made up for this when i noticed my mollie swimming in vertical circles due to a swim bladder issue. Normally when i see a fish upside down i know its too late. However i netted it and hung the net near the surface for a few days so it wasn't thrashed around and it made a full recovery.

 

[Saltwaterw]

Guilt that I could have done something to prevent it.
Especially when you lose a fish due to carpet surfing because you procrastinated on building a screen lid when you had a clown that was hosting a corner at the surface..

Its in the work now..

 

[Dmorty217]

Ha, yeah; a truth more than 'advice'. It is the only way to guarantee not losing expensive fish :lol:; otherwise it's a sad inevitability.

Your not telling me anything I don't already know, thats a fact

 

[saf1]

Reaction would be the same but it also depends on their quality of life. No more than what I'd place on any of the animals I own. Owning something captive is always the owners responsibility. To include fish As long as they die on their own due to age and not something I forget or was negligent then I feel good. I had to come to terms with this with regards to owning German Shepherds compared to some other breeds.

Now, having said that I personally keep my stocking prices down but I'm also not quick to judge what others will pay for a fish. Previously when I owned my 100 gallon the most expensive fish was my purple tang which ran me 45 dollars. Still one of my favorite fish right up there with the Copperband Butterfly and Kole Tang. Good news is none will fit in my current 40 breeder but has a plan the larger tank it can house them but I don't see a purple tang in the tank just due to cost...along with some other fish.

At the end of the day though I treat them all the same. Responsibility I guess.

 

[HammerLover]

I am so sad when all of my fishes died in my 10 gallon. There was a power shortage for 8 hours and we didn't even know it because we were out of town that time. When I came home my pair of false percs were dead as well as my coral banded shrimp. Some corals have polyp bail out due to the high ammonia and luckily a hermit crab survived the whole catastrophe. Even bristleworms were all dead across the sandbed. It was of course heartbreaking seeing your first fishes that are thriving and going well. I cycled again the tank again only in a much shorter time and as of now everything is going smoothly, except for a bit of nitrates lol

 

[Kjreiner1]

My favorite fish I lost was my dog face puffer. I bought him when he was the size of a silver dollar. He was around 6" when we had to move and the LFS guy killed him as they didn't know what they were doing. He greeted me every morning with spitting water out of the tank at me letting me know he was ready to eat. I could put my hand in the tank and he would come lay in my hand while he ate. He was just like a dog. He would swim back and forth anytime I would come into the room. Loved that little puffer.