Lesson Learned

Just got back from the LFS where I acquired a baby Neon Goby, got him all acclimated....released, and BAM Diamond Goby chased him down and slurped him up. I'll just have to make sure I get a much larger one in the future.

Lesson Learned!

 

OH no man that sucks! I gotta laugh though sorry but, the way you put it...... Did you name it Dinner before you dropped it in?

Karma to ya!

 

Wow, I never acclimate the food before I drop it in Karma to you for going the extra mile.;D

 

That does suck...sorry for your loss. putting two gobies together is definitely taking a risk especially in a smaller tank...

 

Yea I've actually seen these two particular Goby's doing just fine together the problem I had was not taking into account the #1 rule of fish tankery. If one fish can fit in another fish's mouth prolly not a great idea.

 

Sorry for your loss dude, Karma

 

Oh man, thats cold, funny but really cold!

Sorry about the loss, and yeah I know all about that rule and not paying attention to it... I had a spotted grouper once, about 8" long. Saw the prettiest little shrimp one day, just had to have them...

Bought 3 of them set me back 75 bucks. Took them home, acclimated them and feed the tank while waiting, figuring it would make them less likely to bother these little beauties. Got out the net and captured all three and dropped them into the tank...

Whoosh, a flash of white and black went by and bam! two shrimp gone in a wink of an eye! he turned around eyeballed the third as it sank to the bottom and whoosh he flies by again.. but this time he missed!

It took me 3 days to take all the rocks out, find and remove that little shrimp and return it to the pet store, All this after I moved "spot" to a 59 cent plastic bucket with holes in it floating at the top of my tank, actually left him there for a few days wondering how he would taste!

 

...sorry for the loss...I used to have an orange pike cichlid in my FW 75gallon cichlid tank, he was the same way, had to get rid of my green pike that almost ate the orange, anything he could swallow was toast, he'd eat 6 feeder goldfish in 10 minutes. and he was one of the fastest fish I have ever seen

 

Thanks everyone, it is always hard to lose that first fish. I'm sure it won't be the last. Again thanks all

 

Hey bud, sorry for your loss, it really hurts when you go to all the time and effort to find, buy and acclimatise a fish that you would really like to have in your tank, only to have it die... or eaten in your case. Dont forget about the survival and predator/prey instincts of marine fish.

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