A sad day again

[mad pierre]

My Racoon butterfly died today:(
Im really fed up as I thought this tank was ok after my wipeout in the 4ft.

He had lasted just 4 weeks (to the day) but was quite a character and had done me the great service of cleaning all my new rock of the dreaded aiptasia.

There was no outward sign of disease, no spots, furry bits et al, and his gills looked nice and clear. He wasnt too thin, and had been feeding ok up until yesterday, so at present all i can think of is my water. I will check the parameters after tea as the tank is fairly new, but it was properly cycled prior to introducing the fish.

And then there was one My oddball 'clarki'. I hope he survives as I havent seen one like him before and with me moving very shortly I might be tempted to give up if he doesnt as im sick of loosing fish.

Peter

[Tangman]

My Racoon butterfly died today:(
Im really fed up as I thought this tank was ok after my wipeout in the 4ft.

He had lasted just 4 weeks (to the day) but was quite a character and had done me the great service of cleaning all my new rock of the dreaded aiptasia.

There was no outward sign of disease, no spots, furry bits et al, and his gills looked nice and clear. He wasnt too thin, and had been feeding ok up until yesterday, so at present all i can think of is my water. I will check the parameters after tea as the tank is fairly new, but it was properly cycled prior to introducing the fish.

And then there was one My oddball 'clarki'. I hope he survives as I havent seen one like him before and with me moving very shortly I might be tempted to give up if he doesnt as im sick of loosing fish.

Peter
Hi Peter sorry your Racoon died m8, but when you move fish they get stressed nd this then leads to illness that kills them most times. It does not show up right away but can show up days after the move. Butterflys are funny fish to keep they seem to be feeding and just die for no reason, the best thing to do is leve your tank etc until you move before you add any more fish then only slowly after you have set it up again. I know how you feel and its very frustrating to lose fish but these things happen when you stress them. HTH Twiggy

[Zeus]

Ach, sorry to hear that Peter. This Mysterious Death Syndrome is a bitch to be sure, you see it all the time, fine one day dead or gone the next.

Same thing happened to me a good while back with a Bi-Colour Blenny, was gutted then, so I know how you feel.

As for the why or what causes this I really don't know but can I suggest that you add some Krill or Sera GVG Marin flake to your feeding regime, these are rich in Iodine, which is good for marine fish and it may make all the difference. I started feeding these after I lost the Bi Colour and so far so good.

Cheers,
Campbell

[mad pierre]

Thanks guys was going to test the water but thinking about it i dont know if it will tell me anything as the wife had litterlly just put the food (frozen Krill) in the tank when she spotted the Racoon in the rock.
that was about 2 hrs ago so dont know what affect the would have on my readings.

Is it worth bothering or should I leave it till morning?

Peter

[treeboa]

i would leave till morn mate, if its been dead a bit then ammonia could be up a touch
not good when i t happens, i think i would echo erics thoughts and leave off till you have moved

[d j]

hi peter try and keep your chin up mate i no its rotten when you lose a fish but i am sure you will get sorted out in the end:p

[wilo]

hi Pete - sorry to hear about fish m8 -- where ya moving to ? if ya need any r/o DI for when you move , just say and ill have a couple of hundred litres ready for you -if you need any:)

[castiger]

Sorry to hear that - I had exactly the same scenario. Great little racoon which did a fantastic job on over 100 aptaisia. Feeding fine then one day just died. All other tank mates absolutely fine.
Strange and sad.
The joys of reefkeeping.
Great little fish though:)

[moorish]

its sad losing a nice fish,but trying to find the cause is definately frustrating as there appears to be no reason for the death.the same happened to my yellow tang it was swimming about then it just turned on its side and died for no apparent reason, no marks on the body or nothing.derek

[mad pierre]

Thanks Guys. will leave the water tests till tommorow.

Wilo- thanks mate but just moving 2 doors down. planning on setting the 6ft up from scratch in the new house.
The Racoon was in the 45gal fit filtration tank. Hadnt been anywhere near the wipeout tank which is still under quarantine ( for 8 weeks 2 days now.)

Will keep the corals from the 4ft in a vat until the new tank is ready.

Peter

[sinaarrgghh]

Sorry to hear that Peter, he was a lovely looking fish as well. :(

[mad pierre]

Sorry to hear that Peter, he was a lovely looking fish as well. :(
Hi Scott

Yes, thanks mate.

I forgot you were wanting to borrow him as well.
Sorry mate.

Still got the aiptasia problem?

Regards

peter

[sinaarrgghh]

Hi Scott

Yes, thanks mate.

I forgot you were wanting to borrow him as well.
Sorry mate.

Still got the aiptasia problem?

Regards

peter

Yeah but it's ok. I'll sort it somehow.

[ojp]

sorry to hear that.

I had a scare this morning, Could only count 2 clown's.

Started taking the sides off to check the weird, got the side off, ladders out and he appeared :eek:!!

S

[mad pierre]

sorry to hear that.

I had a scare this morning, Could only count 2 clown's.

Started taking the sides off to check the weird, got the side off, ladders out and he appeared :eek:!!

S

Glad to hear that mate.

Peter

[stevieh]

sorry to hear about your fish m8 :(

[angel1]

peter, i mentioned this to mike, he was saying some butterflys react bad to copper, not in your tank but in the lfs ?? maybe, he says damage done before you got it and its a time bomb

LILYANN:p

[sinaarrgghh]

My that was a long time ago. Not spoke to Peter in ages, not even sure he still comes on here now.

[piglet]

My that was a long time ago. Not spoke to Peter in ages, not even sure he still comes on here now.

was on yesterday;)

[mad pierre]

My that was a long time ago. Not spoke to Peter in ages, not even sure he still comes on here now.

Yes I still look in now and again Scott:cool:

Peter

[angel1]

someones said the sites been playing up, the two posts that were out of date came up when i looked at new posts !!

LILYANN:p