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He was fine when he came home but now he is covered. He became weak and started to be eaten alive by his tankmates. I was horrified. I moved him from the main 180 reef to a 55g fish only tank. He laid on the bottom of the tank barely breathing and feared dead.
I was devastated. The next morning when I turned the light on, fully expecting my 125 french to be gone to that big ocean in the sky. He greeted me as hungry as ever. Thes fish eat a lot!! He survived!!! He looks horrible with those huge, ugly growths on his pec fins. He seems happier in the 55 than he did in the 180. No physical sign of improving except that he is alive and acting like there is nothing wrong with him. Glad he can't see his reflection or he would faint. He is in the tank with a blue damsel and a diamond goby. He is the boss. These fish have to be dominant in the tank. They DO have PSYCHE problems when it comes to hierarchy in the system. He is dominant in the 55 where as in the 180, he had to take a back seat to an emporator and large sailfin, the MENENDEZ brothers. It is strange to witness these behaviors in a closed system. The more you learn about certain species, the better we are able to care for them properly at home.
They simply WILL not adjust and look perdy for us if we don't meet their environemtal needs. It can be done with a little ecducation on our part. My french will remain in the "hospital" as long as he is happy or until the emperator gets "paroled" to the big ocean in the sky. Angels should never be mixed anyway, but even THAT can be done with a large enough system. I thought I could do it in a 180. Even though there was plenty of room, the fish said NO WAY!!
