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Mike&Terry
Wrasses, Angels, & Tangs, Oh My!
Well, we have some mixed news...
We lost the little juvi Flame Angel for reasons unknown. She was eating and showed no signs of disease.
The saddest news is that we lost our male M. bipartitus. We have no idea what happened. A half hour earlier, he had been putting on a show, displaying his "pecks" as he always does when I come in the room and eating like a pig . I found him laying on his side, nearly dead on the sand bed. Mike did an autopsy and he had no obvious signs of parasites or injury. I have been "Ms. Crancky Pants" for 3 days as I did not take this well at all. He had been with us for about 4 years.
R.I.P.
On a good note, the male Flame Angel is doing well and has been released into the DT. The Regal is a little miffed and doing a bit of chasing, but nothing serious - just letting him know his place. I'll try to get pics soon.
Valentino, our C. earlei was released into the DT last night and is doing well today. He is definitely a lover, not a fighter and is a bit intimidated by his boisterous tankmates, although, I just saw him put the teenage male P. octotaenia flasher wrasse in his place, lol.
Here are some pics of him while he was in the acclimation box:
We made the decision to remove our C. rubrisquamis before releasing him as he was showing severe signs of aggression towards the C. earlei for two days straight. He is chilling in the QT for now, but we plan to move him to the prop tank/refugium to let him chill for a couple of months before adding him back to the display.
-Terry
We lost the little juvi Flame Angel for reasons unknown. She was eating and showed no signs of disease.
The saddest news is that we lost our male M. bipartitus. We have no idea what happened. A half hour earlier, he had been putting on a show, displaying his "pecks" as he always does when I come in the room and eating like a pig . I found him laying on his side, nearly dead on the sand bed. Mike did an autopsy and he had no obvious signs of parasites or injury. I have been "Ms. Crancky Pants" for 3 days as I did not take this well at all. He had been with us for about 4 years.
R.I.P.
On a good note, the male Flame Angel is doing well and has been released into the DT. The Regal is a little miffed and doing a bit of chasing, but nothing serious - just letting him know his place. I'll try to get pics soon.
Valentino, our C. earlei was released into the DT last night and is doing well today. He is definitely a lover, not a fighter and is a bit intimidated by his boisterous tankmates, although, I just saw him put the teenage male P. octotaenia flasher wrasse in his place, lol.
Here are some pics of him while he was in the acclimation box:
We made the decision to remove our C. rubrisquamis before releasing him as he was showing severe signs of aggression towards the C. earlei for two days straight. He is chilling in the QT for now, but we plan to move him to the prop tank/refugium to let him chill for a couple of months before adding him back to the display.
-Terry
This part of the hobby is really what drags me down!
