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gtdarock
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I had no luck with them. Just had another one die.
Anybody had luck keeping the - Imperator angelfish-? Strong-? Weak-?
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nereef
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is this in your 75? how did you aclimate? tankmates? parameters?
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gtdarock
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Hi. Yea its in my 75. He was about 1 1/2 inches. I had him in the dripping process for almost 3 hours. Tankmates- yellow tang,percula clown, dwarf lion, and a marron clown. One day I noticed him breathing heavily, but still eating. Next day he was gone. Readings were 100 percent, almost too good.
joe 09
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your tank is too small for that fish.if you are new to the hobby, that is not the fish for you.you should get a good book like marine fishes by scott w. michael and do some reading first.you should not keep angels in a new tank.the tank should be at lest 1 yr.old.you could try a smaller angel like a centropyge ,that would be better for a smaller tank.good luck.
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amphibious
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Originally Posted by xDave
An Imperator in a 75
I understand where you are coming from and agree an adult Emperator in a 75 is a crime. But, this one he's talking about was 1 1/2" long. He'd be OK for about a year. You know as well as I that people buy juvenile fish without taking into consideration their adult size and needs. It isn't right but, it's going to happen.
Originally Posted by GTDAROCK
One day I noticed him breathing heavily, but still eating. Next day he was gone. Readings were 100 percent, almost too good.
Every time we buy a living critter we are taking a chance. They can be carrying a disease in it's early stages not showing any outward sign. Then, as carefully as we acclimate them, they get stressed by the capture, bagging, traveling, acclimation process and finally being dumped into yet another strange environment. That's a lot of stress. In a weakened condition, the disease takes hold and "BAM" the fish is dead in a short period of time. This is a clear example of why we recommend quarantine tanks. A fish in a quarantine tank can be observed for signs of disease, treated, healed, brought back to health and then transferred to our display tank. The difference is the transfer is short and causes minimal stress to a fish that is healthy. Do you see the difference?
My guess is the fish had a parasite within it's gills because of it's rapid breathing you described. Because parasites lodge in the gills, the gills become ineffecient at picking up oxygen from the water and the fish must pass more and more water through the gills to get the oxygen it needs to live. This process further weakens the fish rendering it to a sure death due to the combination of oxygen depletion, exhaustion and weakened immune system. The parasites have free reign to suck the last living energy out of it's victim.
Here's another point of information I learned many years ago. When you are at the LFS and you eye that fish you've wanted for so long and there it is in all it's beauty, you MUST learn to look past the outward beauty and spend some time observing it's behavior. Look at the respiration rate (breathing). Is it normal? Is it slightly raised? Is it rapid? Are there any obvious signs of disease like white spots on the fins or body? Are there any signs of distress? Is it emaciated? Will it accept food? Ask the LFS employee to feed it for you. If they give you any excuse to not feed it run from that LFS and never return. I know that's hard but it's your money they want. Why give it to them?
Anyway, I hope this has helped.