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03-07-2008, 05:14 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 22
Posts: 327
|  RIP, my first tank loss.
Well, my tank has been up and running now for about 6 months and I had my first fish loss yesterday!  My lyretail anthias when I came home was laying on the sand bed getting eaten by all of my nassarius snails. I took him out right away. I really don't know what happened. The rest of my fish are fine. My LFS said I needed to get a couple female anthias in there to keep his bright color but he never said anything about getting them to keep the male alive. But I think he was just lonely and bored. The days before he was being very lazy, just laying around and swimming every once in awhile. I didn't think anything of it because he was still eating and swimming well when he swam. He did lose some color but I assumed that was just from not having females in there. Hopefully nothing else will follow his path.
RIP in fishy!
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75 gallon:1 shrimp-killing long nose hawk, leather toadstool, yellow leather, branching hammers, favia, zoas, mushrooms, frogspawn, flower looking clover polyps, anthelia, green star polyps, pearl bubble coral, red brain thing, elegance coral and a orange sun coral looking thing. Hermits, sandsifting snails, turbo snails.
Nano: 2 Nemos, a royal gramma, 1 clener shrimp, a couple hermits, 1 turbo snail, a mushroom rock and a sebae anemone. | 
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03-07-2008, 05:20 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
Posts: 1,085
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Anthias shouldnt really be kept alone, I have a male and a female!
Sorry about your loss, unfortunately it happens and fish die for no explained reason. It doesnt mean you have done anything wrong, just the way it goes.
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03-07-2008, 07:02 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle area Age: 36
Posts: 448
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Karma for your loss. I am very sorry to hear that. 
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Marty
72g Bow Front, 2x250w MH (10 hrs), 4x65 Act (14 hrs), 6xDual Moonlights (10 hrs), 300 gph from cannister filter and powerhead, Prizm hang-on protein skimmer, 50 lbs LR, CC Bed
Yellow Tang, 2 Clowns, Bubble Tip Anemone, 2 Yellow Tail, Humbug, White Spot, Ornate Goby, Emerald Crab, Sally Lightfoot Crab, 2 Blue Legged Hermits, 15 Scarlet Hermits, +Snails with no names (margaritas, turbos, astraeas) | |
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03-07-2008, 07:12 AM
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| | PICTURE POLICE
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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Sorry for your loss. They should be kept at least as a pair, but the more the merrier. They need to be fed at LEAST twice a day and a good size tank b/c they like to swim alot. _________ 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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03-07-2008, 09:21 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Detroit, Michigan
Posts: 428
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karma for your loss, man i know
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120g, 3 niger triggers, 2 tomato's, 2 puffers, 2 anglers,
eel, lrg black lion
5g, 4 baby black ociis, haitian, rock and bubble tip anemone, frogspawn, hammers, candycanes, blue ricordia, zenia, leather, plate coral, peppermint shrimp, yellow jawfish, porcelain anemone crab, lrg ass. bristle worms | |
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03-07-2008, 09:32 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
Posts: 4,778
 
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Sooo sorry.
Best thing to help pain of loss, is make quick trip to LFS and find a replacement.
Best Wishes,
Scott _________ 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..."
- MIKE PALLETTA - (2008 Reef log) ("OmarD"/"Scott") | |
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03-07-2008, 09:40 AM
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| | Montipora Digitata
Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Manchester UK Age: 24
Posts: 1,085
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Quote:
Originally Posted by omard  Sooo sorry.
Best thing to help pain of loss, is make quick trip to LFS and find a replacement.
Best Wishes,
Scott | I love this response | |
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03-07-2008, 11:01 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Michigan Age: 22
Posts: 327
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Thanks guys, I plan on going tonite to pick up a new addition! I just got get my water tested first before I end up getting more fishies!! | |
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03-07-2008, 08:34 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: niles, ohio Age: 32
Posts: 3,589
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Sorry for your loss... Can't waite to see new pics though.... _________ My Tank Thread...... EST. 10/30/07 5.5 gal, 72watt's of pc's, rio skimmer, hob rated at 40 gal, stealth heater, b/w aussie clown, rainford goby, emerald crab, turbo, bumble bee, astrea, and nassarius snails, aussie open brain, pink birdsnest, wallhammer, multiple acro's, numerous monti's, zoa's, palys, ppd's, duncans, mint gsp's, reg gsp's, blue clove polyps, grn bali slimer, and tons of ppl sponges. | |
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