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Old 07-23-2008, 05:04 PM
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I'm not familiar with this Safeguard stuff but that could be the problem. What's in it?
I don't think so it is a broad spectrum that covers a lot of nasties.
You can use it to dip and to treat them daily. It dissipates over time and I only used it for the first two days and not at full strength.
I ran carbon after the two days as well and did a water change on day four so don't think this was the case.
I would like to know wonder if I can send him somewhere to have tested?
I put him in the fridge for now.
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Old 07-23-2008, 05:26 PM
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What other inhabitants do you have ? They do not take harassment at all. They will just hide/quit eating and will die just from the stress alone.
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But what does safeguard do to the cycled bacteria? Just a thought.
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Old 07-23-2008, 06:13 PM
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But what does safeguard do to the cycled bacteria? Just a thought.
If that was a problem it should have spiked my No2 - No3
Test never indicated a problem and No3 was at 5 ppm so I think the cycle was still there, but its hard to know what happens on a micro level.
I an not a fan of medication to begin with, but was a bit paranoid after loosing the first one.
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Old 07-23-2008, 06:08 PM
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What other inhabitants do you have ? They do not take harassment at all. They will just hide/quit eating and will die just from the stress alone.
First one just a black clown fish in the main tank.
2nd was in QT a by himself in a quiet space.
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What other inhabitants do you have ? They do not take harassment at all. They will just hide/quit eating and will die just from the stress alone.
Clowns can get real territorial, especially in smaller systems.....
sucks to see a 400 dollar loss with no solid evidence of a reason.
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did you get these @ JL?
I know they had some (still have one) and they looked awesome....
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I've had mine for just over 2 yrs, they are really entertaining. Boy they sure have climbed in price, though not cheap back then either.
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did you get these @ JL?
I know they had some (still have one) and they looked awesome....
No and mine looked awesome as well for the first 10 days.
The place I got them from is reputable and I don't think it is something that they did or are aware of if it was cyanide.
The only other thing that i could see that would be a problem would be low oxygen, but that would be for the 2nd one as the first one that was defiantly not the case.
Looks like I will never know what really happened.
But then that is part of the risk we pay for having a hobby like this.
I really wanted one of these, but don't think I will try a third.
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This is the worst part of this hobby… The “so why did it die?”

I had a yellow-head jaw fish several months ago that one day darted to the back of the tank and I never saw it again. I will never know what happened…

I can’t keep bubble coral. Not in my nano, or my 55. It just dies, every time.

I understand your frustration… I'm really sorry about your blue spots.


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