tragedy stikes!!

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  1. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    So a very sad thing just happen to me, and i want to share it with all of you...here goes [it hurts inside]:
    as always i had a little something something follow me home from the LFS, it was a very pretty open brain, i mean it was hot!!
    hahahaha
    so while trying to clear his new home, the sps coral fell directly onto the side of the brand new expensive brain. put a nice little cm gash in brain outer membrain. he went from pissy to down right pissed
    i have already caught one of the clowns picking at the "wound", little basterd he is just as bad as the hermmies...

    thank you for listening, i feel a little better, poor guy
     
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  3. tazzy695

    tazzy695 Feather Duster

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    sorry bout the bad luck with the brain but it should recover if you can keep the clowns or other critters from nipping at it

    if you have decent lighting in your sump place it in there for a few days
     
  4. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    i have terrible light in my sump, i mean my cullurpa luv it but the brain would hate it.
    they have stopped picking on the brain atleast
     
  5. aquaboy

    aquaboy Panda Puffer

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    ouch :-/, those little breeder nets in walmart do come in handy
     
  6. tazzy695

    tazzy695 Feather Duster

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    another thing you could do is isolate it with a frag rack box around the coral
     
  7. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    im sure there is, but i will say now that i feed the tank they are staying away, so i am sitting here with mystis shrimp wait to fight off the "attacks"
    the coral is starting to look a little better, this happen less then an hour ago
     
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  9. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    Sorry to hear about your brain(no pun intended), as stated below, with good lighting and paras, it should be fine. Luna
     
  10. suckafish

    suckafish Montipora Capricornis

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    i have plenty of lighting, and my water is good, i did just do a water change too... i figured he would be ok, but why always the expensive ones?
     
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    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    I know, unfortunetly, mother nature doesnt have a monetary value on her creatures.
     
  12. tazzy695

    tazzy695 Feather Duster

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    that is just how it goes the expensive ones are always the first ones to get taken out or dammaged