Sigh...I have seen this look before

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

This is turning out to be such a hard thing to watch. This poor little guy seems to be just slowly deteriorating. Its getting very hard to watch. He is paper thin, looks like organs have failed/ruptured and is getting some bruise like markings on his body (not internal). He just hangs up in a corner near the over flow and looks back at me when I go to the tank. I feel so guilty and wish there was something I could do for him.

Its always hard to loose fish but to watch them slowly die in a otherwise healthy tank is so tough. The tangs seem to not even notice him there anymore and will bump into him as they swim by...he just kind of floats away. So sad

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by GreenSpottedPuffer

This is turning out to be such a hard thing to watch. This poor little guy seems to be just slowly deteriorating. Its getting very hard to watch. He is paper thin, looks like organs have failed/ruptured and is getting some bruise like markings on his body (not internal). He just hangs up in a corner near the over flow and looks back at me when I go to the tank. I feel so guilty and wish there was something I could do for him.

Its always hard to loose fish but to watch them slowly die in a otherwise healthy tank is so tough. The tangs seem to not even notice him there anymore and will bump into him as they swim by...he just kind of floats away. So sad

That's rough, poor fish

[naesco]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

I've had my 1st CBB for a year and a half now he eats mysis and keeps my tank aptasia free. I bought a second one (in hopes of saving it) from a not so great source and he died two days later. I bought another one and he was eating mysis and was doing very well for a little over a month and then one day I never saw him again I guess he died and the bristle worms ate him, but I still don't know for sure what ever happened to him, just that he disappeared.

I will honestly admit that even though I know they have a poor survival rate I do plan on getting one for my other 230g. The CBB's eat aptasia and I hate the look of aptasia and therefor I will always try to keep one in my tanks. I will do my best to pick out a healthy one and I will not buy one that isn't already eating, and if I even remotely think it's cyanide caught forget it, but other then that...

Thank you for being honest relative to your intention to attempt a fourth CBB.
May I suggest instead of risking a likely 3rd fatality you put in 3 peppermint shrimp (providing you are not planning on putting in something that will eat them). Although, like CBB, every peppermint will not necessarily eat aptasia, I guarantee you one of the 3 will.

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by naesco

Thank you for being honest relative to your intention to attempt a fourth CBB.
May I suggest instead of risking a likely 3rd fatality you put in 3 peppermint shrimp (providing you are not planning on putting in something that will eat them). Although, like CBB, every peppermint will not necessarily eat aptasia, I guarantee you one of the 3 will.

I can't use peppermint shrimp since it is the tank that my angelfish are going into. I thought about a raccoon butterfly but I read that they are less likely to eat aptasia and have just as poor of a survival rate. Also I had a 30g before in the past with 8 peppermint shrimp in it (figured if I bought all 8 of them at least one of them would eat aptasia) unfortunately not one of them ate aptasia