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08-15-2007, 08:20 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
Posts: 1,181
   |  Clownfish Passed Away
Ok, here is the deal. In the past two weeks we have lost two Clownfish(percs) overnight. The night before they were eating well, looked healthy, and were active as always. We have them in our 29 with the readings as follows
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 0
Calcium 380
Salinity 1.025
Temp 80
This is just baffling _________ 72 gallon bowed 150lbs LR 60 lbs LS
2 Percs
1 Chevron Tang
Hippo Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Coral Banded Shrimp
Cleaner Shrimp
Starry Blenny
4 Lyretail Anthias
Long Polyp Toadstool
Montipora
Long Tentacle Anenome
Short tentacle plate
Pulsing Xenia
Green Star polyps
Frogspawn
29 gallon
2 Clown
1 Coral Beauty
1 Fairy Wrasse
24 FOWLR
Dwarf Lion
125 gallon African Cichlid Tank http://home.comcast.net/~pizzal/index.html
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08-15-2007, 08:25 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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sorry to hear of your loss +1  It does sound very bizzare that the fish didnt show any signs of bad health?!  _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs.  Got Questions? Need Answers?
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08-15-2007, 08:57 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Orange County, CA
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Dude, I feel you on the loss! After reading your post I went to check on mine... lol _________ 26 Gallon Reef Glass, 150W Metal Halides- Hamilton Reef Star, 60 lbs Live Rock, 3 inch Sand Bed, Mag 350 Filter, Knop C Reactor, 1 Powerhead, CPR 90 Overflow
8 Gal Sump/Fuge - 4 Gal Fuge w/ Chaetomorpha Sp., 4 Gal. Return Chamber w/ Mag-Drive 350 Pump http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k1...1/Reef-Man.gif | |
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08-15-2007, 09:17 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Were they new to tank, or old residents.
What other neighbors did they have. Something may just not have liked them.
Any signs of injury (torn fins) etc? -- that might indicate either ruckus between selves or abuse by other fish?
Sorry about loss. _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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08-15-2007, 10:22 AM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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Brook possibly? | |
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08-15-2007, 11:16 AM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Thanks everyone for their kind words. Yes, I thought about Brook as well, but no visible signs whatsoever. the only other tankmates are another clown, coral beauty, sebae anemone, and a cleaner shrimp, oh and a cleaner crew... | |
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08-15-2007, 03:22 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 44
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Sorry to hear about the loss of your Clowns! You may have had a limited amount of dissolved oxygen and a accumulation of carbon dioxide! Just a thought...
It is adviseable to position a powerhead at the top of your tank to increase aggitation at the water/air surface interface to retard this from happening. Night time is the critical time for the amount of dissolved oxygen to drop drastically as photosynthesis has shut down, unless you have good aeration, or a refugium with reverse daylight lighting scheme! _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Cerianthid Stars Hermits snails Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria Kenyon Tree Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa)
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08-15-2007, 04:59 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 47
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Thank you Coral Reefer. We do have a powerhead at 200GPH. We also have a canister filter onboard that breaks the water at the top of the water line. The tank also has 30lbs of LR and 30lbs of Live Sand.... | |
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