cmaxwell39
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4.5" male labouti fairy wrasse. Was an absolutlely goergoes fish, but only survived about two weeks in QT. The female has survived and started to turn male, but was a shame to lose such a beautiful fish.
your last fish that died?
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OodleyBoodely
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fishfreak2009
Swimming in the School
well I just lost my bicolor angelfish this morning. It never really ate and it just wasted away. I did a necropsy on it and the liver was just mush, kind of like cream cheese texture, so I'm guessing the poor fish was collected with cyanide.
JSeymour
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^^^^... Sorry to hear it.
My last losses were my pearlscale and punctatofasciatus butterfly on the same day.
Everything in the tank has always been quarantined/treated. A few days before, I had added a quarantined CUC, snails, hermits, a cucumber. They were quarantined like every other invert, 6 weeks in quarantine. With no substrate/liverock, heavy feeding, and heavy vacuuming it usually works just fine, but it got through this time(I'm thinking the cucumber had some ich cysts in it's gut still). Two days after introduction, my male Potter's Angel was dead. Water was great and other than some minor hermit scavenging, looked to be in good shape. Everyone else seemed fine. The next day, my pearscale, punctatofasciatus, and flagfin angel were breathing heavy. I decided it had to ich even though it wasn't visible, as it's the only thing that has the potential to make it through an invert safe quarantine. Due to the number of fish, hyposalinity in-tank was the only option. I removed all inverts(complete tank tear down required) and started lowering the salinity. Everyone started to perk up. The next day, the two butterflies were dead and the flagfin was covered in spots. I got the salinity down to 11.5 ppt throughout the day. Since then, everyone is doing great. My harlequin tuskfish hides constantly, but he's still fat so I'm trying not to worry. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about my invert quarantine to prevent this, I'm not sure they can last much longer than 6 weeks in such a sterile environment.
If you hadn't noticed, I hadn't vented yet...
My last losses were my pearlscale and punctatofasciatus butterfly on the same day.
Everything in the tank has always been quarantined/treated. A few days before, I had added a quarantined CUC, snails, hermits, a cucumber. They were quarantined like every other invert, 6 weeks in quarantine. With no substrate/liverock, heavy feeding, and heavy vacuuming it usually works just fine, but it got through this time(I'm thinking the cucumber had some ich cysts in it's gut still). Two days after introduction, my male Potter's Angel was dead. Water was great and other than some minor hermit scavenging, looked to be in good shape. Everyone else seemed fine. The next day, my pearscale, punctatofasciatus, and flagfin angel were breathing heavy. I decided it had to ich even though it wasn't visible, as it's the only thing that has the potential to make it through an invert safe quarantine. Due to the number of fish, hyposalinity in-tank was the only option. I removed all inverts(complete tank tear down required) and started lowering the salinity. Everyone started to perk up. The next day, the two butterflies were dead and the flagfin was covered in spots. I got the salinity down to 11.5 ppt throughout the day. Since then, everyone is doing great. My harlequin tuskfish hides constantly, but he's still fat so I'm trying not to worry. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about my invert quarantine to prevent this, I'm not sure they can last much longer than 6 weeks in such a sterile environment.
If you hadn't noticed, I hadn't vented yet...
TL1000RSquid
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Firefish jumped about a week ago.
freshwater Bolivian Ram this morning.
freshwater Bolivian Ram this morning.
jscarlata
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Red fire fish...I had a trio in my 90, they got along great for several months. A few weeks ago one became dominant and was harassing the other two. I was able to rescue one of them and return it to the lfs. Interestingly, the other night I was doing some scraping, went to take the eggcrate off my overflow and there was the bully firefish high and dry on the eggcrate....so now I have 1 firefish and he wasn't the dominant one. Last night I noticed one of my assesors was beat to heck, can't tell if it was the large or medium one. The other 2 assesors were nowhere to be found. Not sure who is doing the damage, recent addition was a juvie tomini, but I haven seen him chase anyone yet.
fish042099
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Raccoon butterflyfish died....I miss him 
Aurora Blinny. It was afraid of its own shadow, and would not move more than a few inches from its hidden burrow. I tried target feeding, but if I fed too little, it would often miss the offered morsel or two. The only way to keep it well fed was to blast the area with food, in hopes it would find the courage to snag a little.
Being unwilling to over feed the tank, I decided it would have to have hunger drive it out to get the food all the other fish were enjoying. Long term that does not seem to have worked, since I've not seen it in weeks... Unless of course I've been seeing it as I clean out the skimmer cup.
Should have better researched the fish's particularly reclusive feeding habits before purchasing. Made the mistake of listening to the advise of the LFS...
Being unwilling to over feed the tank, I decided it would have to have hunger drive it out to get the food all the other fish were enjoying. Long term that does not seem to have worked, since I've not seen it in weeks... Unless of course I've been seeing it as I clean out the skimmer cup.
Should have better researched the fish's particularly reclusive feeding habits before purchasing. Made the mistake of listening to the advise of the LFS...
