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05-30-2007, 07:49 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Age: 40
Posts: 152
Karma: 61
 
|  They call me..."The Clownfish Killer"
Clown #1 - Contracted a weird disease from another fish(RIP)
Clown #2 - Suicidal (jumped RIP)
Clown #3 - Clownfish Disease (RIP)
Clown #4 - Doing fine until a few hours ago. ??? (RIP)
On the plus side, everyone else is happy.....I think.
What's going on here? Is my tank just cursed?
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26 gal Eclipse tank with live rock. 1 - Bi-Colored Blenny 1- Maroon Clown 1- Yellow Tang 3- Hermit Crabs (Inky, Blinky, Clyde) 1 - Turbo Snail 1-Peppermint Shrimp | 
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05-30-2007, 08:05 PM
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| | Torch Coral
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: St. Paul/Woodbury, Minnesota Age: 49
Posts: 1,181
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You need a Clown detective! _________ 75g reef with Nova Extreme 8 bulb HO T-5 lighting, refuge, Remora skimmer, DSB, Seio powerheads, Acro's, LPS corals, assorted zoo's & mushrooms, Yellow Tang, Maroon Clown, Blue Cleaner Goby , Cleaner, Fire and Sexy Shrimp, Coco Worm, T.Crocea Clam, Derasa Clam
120g FOWLR, 260w Orbit power compact lights, Remora Pro skimmer, 30g DIY Sump/Refuge, DSB,Seio Power heads, Powder Blue Tang, Purple Tang, Flag Fin Angel, False Eye Puffer, Copperbanded Butterfly and a Moorish Idol  | |
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05-30-2007, 08:06 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Louisville Kentucky Age: 38
Posts: 44
Karma: 15
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I havent had any issues with my tank in a long while and today both my P. mccoskeri and C. potteri jumped to their deaths. I think my sixline is guilty of harassing them til they jumped since he has gotten attitude lately. Hell he even attacks my hand when I clean the tank now.
I rearranged the rocks again to see if he calms down some but I guess Im gonna get a fang blenny to teach him a lesson about picking on fish, I mean as grave as it sound I been waiting of a natural death to occur so I could add one.
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Perfecto 44 gallon Pentagon tank 22x22x24
Aquac Remora Pro w/mag3 & 2 MJ1200
24" NovaExtreme 4x24W T5 HO w/2Lunar
42lbs Tonga Kaelini & 40lbs Aragonite
O. clown
N. magnifica
Yel Watchmen Goby/Randall's Pistol Shrimp
Chalk Bass
P. mccoskeri
C. potteri
Sixline Wrasse
Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp
Sally Lightfoot Crab
Starfish
Misc crabs & snails.
Galaxea cryptoramosa
Euphyllia divisa
Xenia sp
Purple Acropora Humilis | |
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05-30-2007, 08:07 PM
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#4 (permalink)
| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sunshine Coast, BC, Canada
Posts: 44
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Sorry for your loss. Were all of them were captive bred?
Darren
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30g cube tank. 175w mh, 40w actinic. Ecosystem hob filtration.
2 percula, sixline wrasse, 8 hermits, 1 cleaner shrimp, Tridacna Maxima.
blue & green mushrooms, Ricordea, Montipora Digitata, xenia. | |
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05-30-2007, 08:22 PM
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#5 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Age: 40
Posts: 152
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All except for the last one...I decided to go a different route since the first three didn't work out. | |
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05-30-2007, 09:41 PM
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| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
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I'd say forget clowns 
Everybody that has one complains about how their hand gets bit everytime they try to do some maintenance. FWIW i hate em _________ 14g Oceanic Cube
Randall's Goby/Shrimp Pair * 3x Sexy Shrimp  | |
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05-30-2007, 09:48 PM
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#7 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Age: 40
Posts: 152
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The big thing is........ I love clowns!! But as you can see from my signature, I don't have the light power to have an anenomie (sp) for a clown to host. 30W max without doing a major rewiring job to the tank top..........can't even do a hairy mushroom with that.
Water params are optimal....shoot, the coral beauty is loving the tank! So is the blenny.
I just don't get why the clown's are dying off. | |
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05-30-2007, 10:09 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Teardrop Maxima Clam
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: IL Age: 20
Posts: 800
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Well, trying to make light of the subject...
you may not be able to keep a hairy mushroom but you can probably...I'll emphasize that...probably keep a plastic one :p | |
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05-31-2007, 06:06 AM
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#9 (permalink)
| | 3reef Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Wethersfield, CT Age: 38
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I may have asked you this already but are you getting your clowns from the same supplier/lfs? | |
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05-31-2007, 07:25 AM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Albuquerque, NM Age: 40
Posts: 152
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Yep. He keeps all of his tanks medicated so stuff like this won't happen. He's been really cool about giving me credit for the last two that died. He also told me to put my latest victim in the freezer so he could have a look at the gills when we go back in.
We seem to be the only customer with this problem. | |
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