You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

[tbrown]

It looks by far the best thought the coral glasses but I can't attach that to my camera and it messes with the focus.

Yeah, I have to use manual focus if I use filters of any kind.

 

[Slocke]

Had to euthanize a fish today. One of my favorites unfortunately but it's been looking old for a month or so. I wonder if it got a spinal injury somehow as its spine was bent. Though maybe I wasn't giving it the proper diet. Found it struggling on the sanded this morning. It really was a beautiful fish with a fun personality.


Here's how it used to look:

 

[crusso1993]

Had to euthanize a fish today. One of my favorites unfortunately but it's been looking old for a month or so. I wonder if it got a spinal injury somehow as its spine was bent. Though maybe I wasn't giving it the proper diet. Found it struggling on the sanded this morning. It really was a beautiful fish with a fun personality.


Here's how it used to look:

This part of the hobby always sucks. I certainly hope it was not related to you not providing the right diet. Frankly, it would surprise me that you would get a fish without having an excellent understanding of its requirements including diet. However, I am happy you followed a good protocol and didn't let the fish suffer.

 

[tbrown]

Had to euthanize a fish today. One of my favorites unfortunately but it's been looking old for a month or so. I wonder if it got a spinal injury somehow as its spine was bent. Though maybe I wasn't giving it the proper diet. Found it struggling on the sanded this morning. It really was a beautiful fish with a fun personality.


Here's how it used to look:

Court Jester?

 

[Slocke]

Court Jester?

Yeah

This part of the hobby always sucks. I certainly hope it was not related to you not providing the right diet. Frankly, it would surprise me that you would get a fish without having an excellent understanding of its requirements including diet. However, I am happy you followed a good protocol and didn't let the fish suffer.

I just don't know. It's a sand sifter and they're notoriously hard to feed and with several wrasse and 2 mandarins I don't know if I had the natural food it needed. Of course it being captive bred I was hoping it wouldn't need that. My suspicion is a spinal injury as it was acting limp suddenly. Never saw any signs of broken fins to suggest bullying. It just seemed to suddenly look old and then waste away.

 

[SaltyT]

Had to euthanize a fish today. One of my favorites unfortunately but it's been looking old for a month or so. I wonder if it got a spinal injury somehow as its spine was bent. Though maybe I wasn't giving it the proper diet. Found it struggling on the sanded this morning. It really was a beautiful fish with a fun personality.


Here's how it used to look:

Sorry for your loss I'm by no means a fish disease expert, but if he didn't waste away due to lack of food in the sand another consideration could be that he succumbed to a mycobacteria infection. It can cause fish to waste away and develop a bent spine.

 

[i cant think]

Had to euthanize a fish today. One of my favorites unfortunately but it's been looking old for a month or so. I wonder if it got a spinal injury somehow as its spine was bent. Though maybe I wasn't giving it the proper diet. Found it struggling on the sanded this morning. It really was a beautiful fish with a fun personality.


Here's how it used to look:

This is one of those things about old age in fish, my yasha looked similar the day he unfortunately passed.
My Hectori unfortunately just wasted away after a while and went missing so I wouldn’t say yours died due to malnourishment and instead purely old age.

 

[Slocke]

Sorry for your loss I'm by no means a fish disease expert, but if he didn't waste away due to lack of food in the sand another consideration could be that he succumbed to a mycobacteria infection. It can cause fish to waste away and develop a bent spine.

Thanks that may well be it or something similar. Certainly fits the symptoms.

This is one of those things about old age in fish, my yasha looked similar the day he unfortunately passed.
My Hectori unfortunately just wasted away after a while and went missing so I wouldn’t say yours died due to malnourishment and instead purely old age.

I thought so too but apparently they live on average 5 years not the 1-2 I'd originally heard.

 

[Slocke]

In good news I noticed some new sponge growth and that my skimmer cup was infested with limpets. Always happy to get free CUC!

 

[i cant think]

Thanks that may well be it or something similar. Certainly fits the symptoms.

I thought so too but apparently they live on average 5 years not the 1-2 I'd originally heard.

Honestly, my Hectori only lived a year. Generally they come in at an unknown age in captivity. I can see a captive bred one making it 3-4 years but 5 is unusual for most goby species.

 

[tbrown]

Yeah

I just don't know. It's a sand sifter and they're notoriously hard to feed and with several wrasse and 2 mandarins I don't know if I had the natural food it needed. Of course it being captive bred I was hoping it wouldn't need that. My suspicion is a spinal injury as it was acting limp suddenly. Never saw any signs of broken fins to suggest bullying. It just seemed to suddenly look old and then waste away.

Try a Hector's. Very similar but it sifts sand and picks at rocks. Eats both algae and pods - even eats some hair algae.

 

[Slocke]

Try a Hector's. Very similar but it sifts sand and picks at rocks. Eats both algae and pods - even eats some hair algae.

We'll see. Mine certainly had enough food because it was a tiny 1/2" and grew very quickly to 2". Had it for almost a year and was possibly what helped me get through cyano. Hectors are just as nice but I think I may go in a different direction.

 

[i cant think]

Try a Hector's. Very similar but it sifts sand and picks at rocks. Eats both algae and pods - even eats some hair algae.

I may hunt another hectori down for my SPS reef as I have the cyano issue currently and also need a bit more activity in the tank.

 

[Slocke]

So I’m thinking about another fish.
Cirrhilabrus rubeus has been on the cards for a while.
Anampses caeruleopunctatus has been tempting though. Thoughts on how it will do in my tank?
Also a juvenile for this tank or get a large adult for the other tank?

 

[Petcrazyson]

I may hunt another hectori down for my SPS reef as I have the cyano issue currently and also need a bit more activity in the tank.

I thought it wasn’t a high chance of them eating cyano? Like 60 no 40 yes?

 

[Slocke]

A FTS:

Do you think they went for the same copepod?

 

[Slocke]

Managed to catch a flasher!

 

[crusso1993]

Managed to catch a flasher!

 

[Petcrazyson]

Hey I know you better, so do Frank and the guys, what kind of flashing is that!

 

[crusso1993]

Hey I know you better, so do Frank and the guys, what kind of flashing is that!

The disappointing kind.