Tonys 35gal reef.

Apet66 · Jun 6, 2013

Lost the Banggai just now. No clue why. Parameters are good, all other fish and coral are good. I don't think he ever ate.

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SmyrnaReefer · Jun 6, 2013

Banggai are fincky eaters, mine only eats frozen food.... wont touch the pellets

Apet66 · Jun 6, 2013

He wouldn't even touch the Reef Frenzy frozen food or Cyclop-eeze, or flake food. Spit everything out. He was cool. I think I'll just stick with the 5 I have now.

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kwandrsn · Jun 6, 2013

That sucks bro

Apet66 · Jun 6, 2013

Tell me about it. I hate hate hate losing livestock.

shellynjason · Jun 6, 2013

Sorry to hear about your loss ... it does suck losing one especially when you tried so hard with all the variety of foods. Was it captive bred or wild caught I wonder?

Apet66 · Jun 7, 2013

I wish I knew. Got it from the critter. Probably wild caught since it wouldn't take the reef frenzy. That stuff is awesome. Doesn't smell the best though. Not rotten smelling just really fishy. Everything else loves it.

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schooleyosis · Jun 7, 2013

Sorry to hear about your loss. Hopefully it's just the one that you lose and not more though. Gotta try and look at the bright side when these things happen. Keep your head up!

Apet66 · Jun 7, 2013

Thanks Ryan, I only had him for 6 days. He had no signs of disease or stress so I'm thinking he just didn't eat.

schooleyosis · Jun 7, 2013

I see. Always best to make sure the fish are eating before purchasing. Not quite sure where you bought it from but I will not buy a fish that will not eat in the store.

Apet66 · Jun 7, 2013

The critter. It's not their fault though. If I had more time I would've made a couple trips over there to observe him. CMA week and I'm a chauffeur.

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jmann124 · Jun 7, 2013

Next time you get ready to buy a fish from the critter, just ask them to feed them for you. I do it every time I get a fish. No matter where I get it from. They don't mind doing that at the critter.

Apet66 · Jun 7, 2013

Great advice! I'll definitely remember to have them do that next time.

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Apet66 · Jun 12, 2013

My par results were way way lower than they should've been. The critter used the same par meter I used from the club on the red sea max in the store and got about 400 les par than they got with a different meter a few months ago.
On a good note I got a new frag of Hydnophora today from thereeferdude and its awesome! Thanks Kyle!

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Apet66 · Jun 13, 2013

Well I added a 1200gph hydor PH and its way to much for my 35gal tank. Came home to several frags blown over and my sand blown into dunes. :mad:

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thereeferdude · Jun 13, 2013

No problem Tony! It was great meeting you. Thanks for handing off the PAR meter so quick. I hate that you lost a fish this week, and hope the coral softens the blow a bit.

Kyle Hurt
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