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01-04-2009, 08:25 PM
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Really tough morning...he still looked terrible even after eating yesterday and I had to make the decision to put him down. I have had to do this with sick fish before but this time seemed especially hard even though I have not had him long.
Its so frustrating to have yet another CBB thrive in the tank for a month and then suddenly deteriorate for no apparent reason. He was eating so well, swimming great, very friendly little guy. He fatten up so nicely in that time and then got that spot on his side which was clearly internal (looked like a rupture as I said earlier) and within a week he stops eating, gets paper thin, can't swim right and is gone  I am now 100% convinced that unless these fish can be caught properly, stores should not be bringing them in. Just in this thread alone there are enough experiences of sudden death to back that up. I have had it happen 4 times now and every time its the exact same. Mine have all come from the same LFS and I assume the same supplier... I am going to see if I can somehow find a MAC certified CCB and try again. I am curious to see how well they fare. I have a feeling much better. If anyone knows where I can find a MAC certified copperband, can you please let me know. I will gladly pay double or triple even  These are one of my favorite fish and one of the reasons I got into saltwater from brackish years ago but I have never been able to find one that will survive more than a few months.
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01-04-2009, 09:28 PM
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I guess I got lucky, I got my copperband (my first attempt at a copperband) back in march from oceanaquatics.
Wendell had told me they had just come in and he couldn't promise that they were eating but only 2 days after being shipping up to me he was settled in the quarantine tank eating mysis like a pig. 6 weeks later when I put him in the display he had to go through some pretty serious hazing from the achilles but he weathered it and is now the 2nd boldest fish in my tank
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01-04-2009, 10:33 PM
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Coast Mountain Aquatics 12871 Bathgate Way #19 Richmond, British Columbia V6V 1Y5 Canada Tel. +1 604 244-0670 Email kyle@marinefish.ca This is the only MAC certified imported for Canada listed on MACs website that I could find, maybe they could direct you to a retailer in your area who sells MAC certified fish.
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01-04-2009, 10:37 PM
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01-04-2009, 11:20 PM
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Had the same thing happen to me... twice. CB is healthy, eating well, stops one day and is dead the next. It's quite frustrating. I figured when it happened the second time that it must be something else at work. Cyanide makes sense.
If the stats people are throwing out on here are true, then the collection of these fish is truly unacceptable and unsustainable. Does anyone have more information about the place in Richmond? All I know is that it is not retail.
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01-04-2009, 11:44 PM
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I would love to see a shop open up using them as a wholesaler...Hmmmm gives me some ideas  My dad has been debating opening a business when he returns to Vancouver in a few years to retire and since he wouldn't need to make profit and easily has the start up cost....I am going to have to talk to him  He lives and often dives in the South Pacific and has been greatly bothered by the whole situation, so I bet he would be quite open to the idea of a shop selling MAC fishes.
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01-05-2009, 11:03 AM
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hey GSP what store did you get your "bad" CBBs from? just wondering so i dont get one from there
i got one and it seemed nice and healthy, eating and everything my first one and a vary nice fish, but it had some flukes(i think)and when i put it into my QT i had a PH crash and it died, sucks sence if i left in the tank and did FW dip probebly would have lived, iam going to try another and most likley i will get it from the same place, but this cyanide thing brings to mind other fish, like black/bue ribbon eels, and orange spot file fish, both i think after a bit of experiance and a lot reading dont seem to be the impossible fish people seem to say they are, it just comes down to the fish and i think the fact they must be caught with cyanide, it also makes think about other fish like eels and jawfish, that would seem to me to be vary hard to get out of there holes/rocks any other way but with cyanide yet they dont seem to have the dismel survival rate of the other fish??
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01-05-2009, 03:35 PM
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Thats not the point of this....I think many of the LFS here in Vancouver get livestock from the same wholesalers and this store does not buy these fish knowing they have been caught with cyanide...well they must know by now I guess but...I do wish they would stop bringing them in but we all know they are not going to do that as they sell very well.
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