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Borderjumper 11-05-2012 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 761145)
Failure #2 :(

Shltty :sad:

Borderjumper 11-05-2012 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 761160)
maybe try a pair next time and sell of the other after qt??

That may give them a little more confidence.. Or just cost twice as much when they both die... If you decide to try it I would buy the second off ya after quarantine.

windcoast reefs 11-05-2012 06:23 PM

Than sucks! Sorry to hear it didn't make it. I added my new guy to the display, he is doing well but I don't think I will ever ad one again, just because of the risk.

kien 11-05-2012 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 761145)
Failure #2 :(

:hug:

Aquattro 12-07-2012 02:35 AM

Ok, LFS called tonight and got a couple more leopards in, so wrasse #3 added to QT. Tank is fully established with a couple of damsels, LR and corals, so she should feel at home. hit the sand right away, so hopefully I see her come out again.

tim the toolman 12-07-2012 02:51 AM

Persistence is the key. Hopefully

Northernseacorals 12-07-2012 02:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 756844)
So, not having a really well established QT tank may have contributed to the new leopard wrasse not surviving.


To think $24 worth of Prodibio Startup would have saved that fishes life.

Aquattro 12-07-2012 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Northernseacorals (Post 770843)
To think $24 worth of Prodibio Startup would have saved that fishes life.

Tank was setup with 30 pounds of cured live rock, so I'm not sure what magic juice would have done to help. The wrasse at the store in a 5 year old tank also died, probably wouldn't have helped there either.

Northernseacorals 12-07-2012 03:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 770849)
Tank was setup with 30 pounds of cured live rock, so I'm not sure what magic juice would have done to help. The wrasse at the store in a 5 year old tank also died, probably wouldn't have helped there either.

You ought to give it an honest try Brad, would have totally stabilized the tank for you mate.

:mrgreen:

Aquattro 12-07-2012 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Northernseacorals (Post 770852)
You ought to give it an honest try Brad, would have totally stabilized the tank for you mate.

:mrgreen:

It's not a product line I'm interested in using. But the day after the wrasse died, I added other fish which have done fine, so the suspicion I had that the tank wasn't ready wasn't founded. Leopard wrasses are just more delicate than I had thought. Of three black ones, 2 died here a few weeks apart, the third in a 5yr+ tank at the LFS also died, so I'm confident that it's not a tank/water quality issue. My tank also housed SPS shortly after the wrasse and it's all doing fine, polyps out, encrusting, etc.
My mistake was over estimating their toughness. I think.


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