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08-12-2008, 12:33 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spokane,Wa Age: 48
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|  OOh my.
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Originally Posted by railroader46  I purchased a Flame angel yesterday. After acclimating him for around five hours placed him in the tank then went to work. When I returned home I noticed that there was a piece of his fin missing and the Brittle star was grabbing at him as he swam by. Obviously this morning when I checked the tank the my brittle star had him in his clutches. goodby buddy | So sorry for your loss. I wish I read this before I went to the LFS. I just bought a flame angel, this evening. I love him. I also have a brittle star. The guy at the LFS told me brittlestars are harmless to fish..just feed him well....he always stays behind the LR. I can only imagine how I'd feel if flamey is gone by morning! My brittlestar is history now...Unfortunately, I get to learn from your loss. _________  20 gal. Coralife lunar aqualight 65wActinic03blue &65w 10,000k daylight,w/led moonlights,w/2 CPR BAK PAK bio-filter w/rio-2 600rv venturi powerhead, 5 live rocks about 25lbs, various mushrooms, button coral,and a spaghetti finger tree coral,Yellow leather coral,2 Featherdusters,tiny clam (extra hitchhiker on a LR!), red & grn zoas,6 turbo snails , 4 hermit crabs,1 scooter blenny, horseshoe crab. 2 pajama cardinal fish,1 Banggai cardinal and a firefish. Indian brittle starfish. | 
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08-13-2008, 07:13 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Louisville KY
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Yeah come to find out brittlestars are opportunistic feeders. If they can grab ahold of something it is going to be lunch. good luck
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08-13-2008, 10:49 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spokane,Wa Age: 48
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| Mine passed as well. I'm so sad.
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Originally Posted by railroader46 Yeah come to find out brittlestars are opportunistic feeders. If they can grab ahold of something it is going to be lunch. good luck | I don't know what happened. I only had my flame angel 2 days, everyone else is fine. They were even swimming together earlier today. No harassing going on.....he looked so healthy to! Then I took a shower, got out and he was swimming sideways, 30 min. later he was at the bottom of the tank. I checked everything! He was gone within the hour.
I know it's silly. Everyone else says to me, it's just a fish. But i'm so sad. I really thought I was ready for him. Anyway, I can really sympathize with you now. | |
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08-14-2008, 10:25 AM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Louisville KY
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Sorry for your loss karma to you. What size tank do you have. I understand anything smaller than 30 is to small for them. I was pushing the limits with mine. But I definetly now that my brittlestar was the culpit. I was cleaning the tank last night and it was grabbing ahold of the mag float and the scraper. I returned it this morning. | |
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08-14-2008, 10:43 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Spokane,Wa Age: 48
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Originally Posted by railroader46 Sorry for your loss karma to you. What size tank do you have. I understand anything smaller than 30 is to small for them. I was pushing the limits with mine. But I definetly now that my brittlestar was the culpit. I was cleaning the tank last night and it was grabbing ahold of the mag float and the scraper. I returned it this morning. | Karma to you well. No one around here seems to understand! Thanks for the sympathy! I think maybe my tank was too small then. My flame had no visible marks on him at all to indicate illness. He was eating well. I'm clueless except I have a 20 gal. is all i can figure. I'm gonna take in some water sample to the lfs, there's one here that does extensive testing. All the best to you! | |
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08-14-2008, 11:18 PM
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| | Spaghetti Worm
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Redmond, Or Age: 48
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Originally Posted by railroader46 I purchased a Flame angel yesterday. After acclimating him for around five hours placed him in the tank then went to work. When I returned home I noticed that there was a piece of his fin missing and the Brittle star was grabbing at him as he swam by. Obviously this morning when I checked the tank the my brittle star had him in his clutches. good by buddy | I might get jumped here  , but acclimating fish for more than half an hour starts to reverse any good.(of course it how you do it) Usually they run low on oxygen, the temp in the acclimation chamber drop dangerously low, the fish gets stressed beyond necessity. 20-30 Minute drip or add water to bag acclimation is more than enough. Once bag the is open ammonia accelerates and the longer the fish is in there the worse., inverts are totally different though! | |
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08-15-2008, 12:49 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 39
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Originally Posted by jptrson I might get jumped here , but acclimating fish for more than half an hour starts to reverse any good.(of course it how you do it) Usually they run low on oxygen, the temp in the acclimation chamber drop dangerously low, the fish gets stressed beyond necessity. 20-30 Minute drip or add water to bag acclimation is more than enough. Once bag the is open ammonia accelerates and the longer the fish is in there the worse., inverts are totally different though! | I couldn't agree more. I only acclimate certain extremely sensitive inverts for long periods of time and even then, it's only for an hour or so. | |
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08-15-2008, 01:06 PM
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| | Feather Duster
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Louisville KY
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I have always done at least 4 hour acclimation with anything but I was told this around 7 years and this is the first loss | |
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