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post #181 of 325
2/2/12 at 10:16am
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2 anthias dead out of 4... T___T

 

I don't know what is going on.. parameters are all perfect... this morning found cleaner shrimp feasting on a dead one...

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post #182 of 325
2/2/12 at 11:01am

I have never been able to keep anthias   :(     I have heard that they are very bad shippers, and hard to acclimate

 

I tried a couple different times, and after a couple hundred bux  GAVE UP

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post #183 of 325
2/2/12 at 11:05am

Male anthias will kill each other off if that is what you ended up with.

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post #184 of 325
2/2/12 at 1:26pm
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Lois - thing is that it was eating, albeit not so much as pigging out tangs but still eating and hiding but still alive and I thought 2 weeks of observation and acclimating would have been ok for it to live.

 

spanko - all of them were females under recomendation.

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post #185 of 325
2/2/12 at 8:57pm

How often do you feed them? They have really fast metabolisms and need to eat frequently.

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post #186 of 325
2/2/12 at 10:07pm
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For the anthias, I fed twice a day.
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post #187 of 325
2/3/12 at 9:03pm

From everything I have read trying to figure out what I wanted in my tank the 4 anthias should have been the first fish in your tank. They are very timid fish and should be settled before more aggressive fish are introduced. So sorry for your loss.

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post #188 of 325
2/4/12 at 9:11am
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2tang - You are absolutely right. They are extremely skittish and I have to over feed extremely just to make sure they eat properly.. :/

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post #189 of 325
2/5/12 at 9:20am

Sorry to disagree. Maybe it happens with certain ones, because mine (dispar anthias) were added next to the last fish and all have done great. Give them time to adjust. And try the frozen plankton like I suggested. :)

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post #190 of 325
2/7/12 at 11:37am
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Hey Karla, I have been feeding them frozen plankton at your recommendation and the smallest one is THRIVING.  Medium size one's color started to change today (like a male color a bit) but she doesn't look so hot and won't eat as much as she used to... I hope she pulls through...

 

1.024

zero across the board

calcium - 460

alk - 9

 

everything else is thriving.

 

Wait... no it isn't...

my bi polar I mean.. my bi color angel is psycho and is harassing my clam and I'm two seconds away from taking her out and turning her into a sashimi... sigh...

well that's my tank right now in a nut shell.

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post #191 of 325
2/7/12 at 5:00pm

Good. Give them time Richard. On another note, angels are prone to nip at clams. That is why after adding the flame angel, I did not try another clam in my tank :(

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post #192 of 325
2/8/12 at 1:27pm
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sonuva... another anthias found dead this morning... T_T

 

clam is opening to a degree but it's little pipe is damaged and I'm upset...

WHY ALWAYS ME... sigh..

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post #193 of 325
2/8/12 at 1:30pm

It's not only you   :(    I have lost many many  things since starting this hobby .....it's just part of it I guess (for us anyhow)   LOL

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post #194 of 325
2/8/12 at 4:14pm

I'm sorry to hear about your troubles. I have lost a few things since starting the hobby. Each tank is different and certain things do well in one tank and not so good in others. Just look at how royal gramma's Florida Joe has lost. 

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post #195 of 325
2/8/12 at 5:06pm
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He lost another one? I thought he just got one not too long ago.

 

Man it's rough losing fish no matter how you look at it. :/

Now to salvage my clam... I think I'm going to make a trap for my angel fish to remove him and give him to my buddy Jack.

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post #196 of 325
2/11/12 at 9:05am
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Originally Posted by meowzer View Post

It's not only you   :(    I have lost many many  things since starting this hobby .....it's just part of it I guess (for us anyhow)   LOL



I too have lost several things....... most recently my mind.

 

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post #197 of 325
2/11/12 at 11:14am
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Originally Posted by Kiefers View Post



I too have lost several things....... most recently my mind.

 



Does on have to have something before one can lose something? Just askin...................................

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post #198 of 325
2/11/12 at 1:02pm
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Thanks Lois.

Keith, Keith, Keith, you always know ways to make things bit easier lol.

Spanko apparently agrees(?)

 

Update.

 

My torch coral was creating a new head and for some reason, it's not looking too good..

I see small amount of brown film. That means bad right?

 

 

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post #199 of 325
2/11/12 at 1:04pm

Look up brown jelly disease.....ALTHO.....sometimes they excrete a mucus (or poopy) that is also brown

 

any way you can get a picture?

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post #200 of 325
2/11/12 at 2:24pm
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Picture coming up tonight.

 

If it's brown jelly disease, is it contagious?

 

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