How Many have you lost??

Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by elweshomayor, Dec 6, 2009.

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  1. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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  3. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    kudos for not quitting.
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  4. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    that happen on my 29 gallon.. the only survivor was my dragon goby. he is now in my 150g.
     
  5. bama

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    Thanks, it sure is hard sometimes when things really go south.. I cant Imagine what I would do if I had a heater boil my tank.. I would die..
     
  6. 10001110101

    10001110101 Fire Worm

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    I've lost a yellow-tail damsel and firefish to aiptasia, (i saw the bodies engulfed by the anemone so i know this was the case! the aiptasia was huge and lived inside this cave in my LR... didn't even know it was in there at first or what it was, since this was my first tank.

    Lost 2 neon gobies, one to the aforementioned aiptasia, one to an aggressive six-line.

    Lost a juvenile blue tang due to moving stress and swim bladder disease... Also lost a harlequin shrimp and skunk cleaner shrimp during the move.

    Lost a yellow watchman goby, which can't be my fault, probably aggression from six-line (the SOB is demonic) but he was dead overnight after introduction into my tank... possibly just a bad fish.

    Six-line wrasses and maroon clownfish are absolutely indestructable in my experience, they have been there since day one and have been through everything in the world from incompatible tank-mates, ich, pest anemones, bad water conditions... The 6-line may be the spawn of satan himself and a glutton, but he is absolutely a perfect specimen and unphased by almost everything.

    My maroon was constantly abused by two big peppermint shrimp (which i needed to kill the aiptasia) and bears ripped fins to this day from the abuse, but he's emotionally adjusting and made it through my treacherous move just fine... My fave fish ever, he keeps to himself and definitely likes to redo my aquascaping but hopefully when he gets a nem to live in he'll settle down.

    And i've lost a turbo snail and about 46 odd hermit crabs along the way.
     
  7. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    and best wishes so you keep it that way:)
     
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  9. elweshomayor

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    .. sorry for your losses
     
  10. ermano

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    I've lost 3...a yellow tang, sixline wrasse and a lawnmower blenny. and a bunch of snails and el hermitos.

    i'm cursed with the terrible three's. My current third one is a mandarine actually...and he's actually doing quite fine! (knock on the wood)
     
  11. elweshomayor

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    how did you loose your fish/snails?
     
  12. ermano

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    ohhh yeah! Forgot to add...the yellow tang wasn't in the right environment. I was new then...terrible. Both the wrasse and blenny jumped. Snails...idk, they just kinda dropped as the months went on. Except now, I had 4. Never bought anymore and now I have 12 cruising my tank. (knock on more wood)