sluggerdood
Reefing newb
in my 55 i had two fire fish i added a ocellaris clown and the next day my fire fish were dead . thought they were compatible?
aahhh help fast.
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wontonflip
I failed Kobayashi Maru
Post parameters, please. Were there any spots on the firefish? We need more info to go by. maybe they were stressed. Did they jump, or just dead?
Northstar24
The Tang Herder
Seriously, if you want help you need to provide us some information. It could be the clown picked on the firefish, it could be they weren't acclimated correctly it could literally be 1000 different things
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sluggerdood
Reefing newb
well i woke up and he was just dead on the rocks... his white part of his body is see through ?!?! dont know if that helps ...... when i added the ocellaris he instantly started chasing my fish (i knew i would have a dead one the next day ). i turned off the lights so they would go hide . but the ocellaris never calmed down he was darting around the tank all last night. also when i added the firefish he was hiding the whole time in a cave until i found him today.
sluggerdood
Reefing newb
parameters are all fine, no corals or other inverts or fish have any problems.
Northstar24
The Tang Herder
'fine' means different things to different people. Its good to hear that your other inhabitants are not having any issues.
If you really want us to help you figure out why the fish died, you'll need to provide more information that 'everything is fine'. Obviously its not fine if you're loosing fish.
If you know for a fact it was the clown that killed the firefish, and you're looking to have that verified - its entirely possible. Clowns are in the damsel family and can be quite mean. If he's been in the tank a while, I'd introduce new fish with the lights off, you may also want to try re-arranging some of the rocks, or pulling the clown out temporarily to allow the new fish to get established
If you really want us to help you figure out why the fish died, you'll need to provide more information that 'everything is fine'. Obviously its not fine if you're loosing fish.
If you know for a fact it was the clown that killed the firefish, and you're looking to have that verified - its entirely possible. Clowns are in the damsel family and can be quite mean. If he's been in the tank a while, I'd introduce new fish with the lights off, you may also want to try re-arranging some of the rocks, or pulling the clown out temporarily to allow the new fish to get established
sluggerdood
Reefing newb
clown is still nipping at my other fire fish right now . and yes i was looking more for a verification that the clown would do it.
fastrd400
It wasn't me!
Sounds to me like you found your verification with this statement.
Northstar24
The Tang Herder
Its definitely possible, clowns are related to damsels - some even bite aquarists when they put their hands in the tank
Dana42078
Dana
+1:mrgreen:
pokerfish
daily puffer
My clowns killed a Royal Gramma in no time...I made the mistake of letting them have the run of the tank for too long, and they go after my hands when I stick them in the tank as well. I put in a bicolor dottyback and he is doing great, holding his own. Seems they won't pick on a more aggressive fish...
