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05-31-2005, 06:11 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
Posts: 390
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 |  lost a good friend over the weekend
I woke up on Saturday and looked over the tank after the light came on and to my horror I found my yellow tang dead and being consumed by hermit crabs. He was fine Friday night and was fine, my fiance however told me she had seen him the night before and his stomache seemed really full. I was feeding him nuri and occasionally I would put in Romaine if I was out of the good stuff.
I tested all water parameters and everything was fine and all other critters are doing fine.
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90 gallon reef, mag 1800 main return pump, 10 gallon refugium + 10 gallon sump, CPR overflows, ASM G-1 skimmer, icecap 660 vho 440 watts. 130#LR and 60#LS. Corals: Finger Leather, Fat Finger Leather, Toadstool, flower pot sps coral, hairy mushrooms. Fish: Yellow tang, Bi-color angel, pecula clowns, royal gramma, coral beauty angel, yellow tail damsel, blue damsel, Sergeant Major Damsel. Misc. hermit crabs, snails, flame scallop, Xenia | 
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05-31-2005, 08:44 AM
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| | Coral Banded Shrimp
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Age: 30
Posts: 390
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| Re: lost a good friend over the weekend
He was purchased shortly after I setup the tank back in December. So he only lived about 6 months. I hate it when things die without explaination at least if I new what happened I can fix the problem. He showed absolutely no signs of sickness. I guess just one of the things we have to deal with in the this hobby.
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05-31-2005, 09:23 AM
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| | Gigas Clam
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Carpentersville, IL Age: 52
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| Re: lost a good friend over the weekend
Yellow tangs can do that. It's possible that he died of malnutrition. I've never had any luck with using Romaine. Try Seaweed Selects or Dried Laver. It is the stuff used in making California rolls. Make sure it's the dried vs. grilled or any other prep.
good luck.
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300 Reef; 325LR, 1/2" sand bed in tank, 3" sand bed in 215 gal sump/refugium and Berliner PowerPro SS twin becket skimmer. 210 Reef; with 225 lbs of LR, 300 lb DSB, Large W/D and Jebo 520 skimmer modified to accept a becket. 90 RR FOWLR; tied into the 300's sump with a closed loop for extra circulation. 55 hospital. | |
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05-31-2005, 10:43 AM
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| | Whip-Lash Squid
Join Date: May 2004 Location: PhillySuburbs, Pennsylvania Age: 42
Posts: 2,947
| Re: lost a good friend over the weekend
so sorry!  _________  I Love My Sig By John Hawkins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date Started 9/04 58 gallon Oceanic Tank, 20 gal DIY sump/fuge w/ Kent Marine Auto top-off, Air Water Ice RO/DI, 10,000 K 175 W MH, 2 VHO 03's 96W each, AquaC EV 120 Skimmer
80 lbs LR, DSB in FUGE, 1 - 2 " LS in tank
Black Brittle Star, Chevron Tang, Crocea Clam, red & green Lobophyllia, Frogspawn, Porites Frag, Caulastrea Frag, Green Ricordia, Asst. Zoas, hermits, astreas, stomatellas, fighting conch  | |
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05-31-2005, 11:10 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Tualatin, Oregon
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| Re: lost a good friend over the weekend
Now I'm nervous. Am I mistreating my tang? I have never fed him seaweed or lettuce. I feed my tank frozen food, freez dried brine shrimp, and flake food. He seems to love life and grubs on everything I put in (he also grazes, and eat any alge I scrape off the glass). Could he be malnourished? Should I add some seaweed? I guess it couldn't hurt. Skennely, sorry for your loss.
Aaron
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55 Gallon Attemped Reef - 20 Gallon Sump - 250 Watt MH - True Perc, Yellow Tang, Purple Chromis, Snails, Hermits, Sally Lightfoot, Green BTA, Colt, Xenia, Flower Pot, Green Star Polups, Assorted Mushrooms, Maxima Clam, Still Hooked... | |
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