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05-07-2008, 02:27 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 39
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Just throwing this out there, but any theories on what could have been wrong? Like I said, he looked great, bright colors, swimming well, eating well... _________ Tank: 75g glass, AquaC Remora, Eheim Ecco Canister filter, Odyssea (2x250W MH, 4x65W actinics, 6 LEDs), 80lbs of live rock
Critters: 2 false percula clowns, blue damsel, lawnmower blenny, squirrel fish, 2 anthias, flame hawkfish, copper banded butterfly, coral banded shrimp, cleaner shrimp, fighting conch, condy anemone, and lots of misc snails
Corals: Green stripe mushrooms, blue mushrooms, candy cane, frogspawn, Green Zoanthids, star polyps, acropora, monipora
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05-07-2008, 03:09 PM
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#12 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Theres really no way to say what went wrong, but remember one thing about this hobby, nothing good happens over night, only bad. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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05-07-2008, 03:45 PM
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#13 (permalink)
| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: London, UK
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Originally Posted by glblguy  Woke up this morning and found my Copperbanded butterfly stuck to the side of my Koralia 4 still breathing and struggling to get off.
I turned the Koralia off, he floated to the bottom, breathing very fast and I left him there hoping he just needed to rest. Came back a few minutes later and he had nestled himself up between two rocks. Found him still there a bit ago, but dead.
No scars, no disease, and he was really healthy yesterday and last night, eating, swimming around. Guess he got too close to the Koralia last night and couldn't get loose. Too late by the time I found him.
I am so bummed too, he was a great fish. Ate great, ate any aptasia that sprung up, and got along with everyone. 
I've lost two fish in 2 weeks...bad week. | Im so sorry  i've only lost a couple of ceriths and a hermit but the pain is the same.
On a technical point im a bit concerned that a koralia was able to hold a healthy fish in that way, was it larger than a koralia 2? Thats the largest i have in my tank ( also K1 + nano) and it would not have enough suctions to cause that.
Either way sound like a design flaw.
Once again i am sorry for your loss, im sure he/she has gone to the big Aiptasia garden in the sky  | |
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05-07-2008, 03:52 PM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 30
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sorry to hear that mate karma for your loss  _________ 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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05-07-2008, 04:42 PM
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#15 (permalink)
| | Fire Goby
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Garden Creek,VA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by glblguy Woke up this morning and found my Copperbanded butterfly stuck to the side of my Koralia 4 still breathing and struggling to get off.
I turned the Koralia off, he floated to the bottom, breathing very fast and I left him there hoping he just needed to rest. Came back a few minutes later and he had nestled himself up between two rocks. Found him still there a bit ago, but dead.
No scars, no disease, and he was really healthy yesterday and last night, eating, swimming around. Guess he got too close to the Koralia last night and couldn't get loose. Too late by the time I found him.
I am so bummed too, he was a great fish. Ate great, ate any aptasia that sprung up, and got along with everyone.
I've lost two fish in 2 weeks...bad week. | Bummer bro! how long did you keep him for? | |
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05-07-2008, 07:20 PM
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#16 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Carolina Age: 39
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Thanks all. Quote:
Originally Posted by R34dawn Bummer bro! how long did you keep him for? | I had him for about 2 months. I've only had my aquarium (well this one anyway) for about a year and probably within the last 6 months or so started adding more expensive fish. Had a few damsels, cheap clowns, etc. initially
Definitely a bummer! But, just glad it wasn't my two clowns...Geez if they died, I might have to go into formal mourning!!
What bugs me is I've got everything right in the tank now and still lost a fish...oh well. Kept a close eye on everybody else today, and they all look fine.
@BayBud - big Aptasia garden in the sky LOL
My wife is sad he died, but tells me I can't get another one...she wants the feather dusters back | |
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05-07-2008, 07:28 PM
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#17 (permalink)
| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: TN Age: 31
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Sorry for your loss, Koralia's are becoming known for sucking up healthy fish. _________ Got Questions? Need Answers?
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05-07-2008, 10:51 PM
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#18 (permalink)
| | Banned
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: rocklin
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sorry for your loss, i just lost one a couple weeks ago too : / | |
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05-08-2008, 03:40 AM
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#19 (permalink)
| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Montreal, Canada
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Sorry for your loss.
Totally agree with Jason on this one. Copperbanded butterflies are one of the hardest fish to maintain so there must have been something wrong with the fish to cause it to become weak in the first place.
I have two Koralia #4's in my tank and have never had an issue with fish being sucked in. My six-line wrasse and flame angel are pretty small fish and swim circles around the powerheads with no problem.
I have gone through two copperbanded butterflies and both died the same death.....no sign of illness, eating and swimming and then after a couple of weeks death within hours.
Beautiful fish but not for me at this point. Maybe in a couple of years I'll try again as this fish needs a very mature tank, pristine water conditions and docile neighbors.
Again, sorry for your loss. | |
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05-08-2008, 07:40 AM
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#20 (permalink)
| | Ocellaris Clown
Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Tulsa, Ok Age: 28
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I have a friend that tries to keep them as well, even with pristine conditions their just really hard to keep alive. I think one of the biggest issues is they like to eat aptasia and algae that has nearly 0 nutritional value so their always hungry and feeding but getting nothing they need to stay alive off of
Though what you have to remember also is they are a live being, sometimes they just die for no good reason
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90g DSA - D.O.B. 11-4-08
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