Sad news

[zhenya]

Well, the topic pretty much sums it up. My Chelmon rostratus up and died tonight after eating like a pig today and swimming like he always does looking for something in the sand bed I came downstairs to check on my Squamosa and saw him belly up,stuck behind a power head. I inspected him but did not find any injuries or markings,he had clear eyes and looked nice and fat...but dead
R.I.P. my little friend,I really loved this little guy,even though he ate all of my pods and all...

[Ilia]

Wow that really blows. Is that the one that you had in the 75 or the 110?

Ilia

[Reefland]

Much too sad. People sometimes laugh about us grieving over our fish but they truly are pets just like dogs or cats and we get just as attached to them.

Sorry Gene and may your friend R.I.P.
Scott Z.

[Elmo18]

Well, the topic pretty much sums it up. My Chelmon rostratus up and died tonight after eating like a pig today and swimming like he always does looking for something in the sand bed I came downstairs to check on my Squamosa and saw him belly up,stuck behind a power head. I inspected him but did not find any injuries or markings,he had clear eyes and looked nice and fat...but dead
R.I.P. my little friend,I really loved this little guy,even though he ate all of my pods and all...

NOOOOOOOOOO I'm sorry your copperband died Gene. I'm sure you are there wondering what could have caused this. I too hate it when everything is all fine, then all of a sudden it just collapses dead.

Again, i'm sorry this happened.

- Elmo

[zhenya]

Wow that really blows. Is that the one that you had in the 75 or the 110?

It was in my 75. I can't keep one in the 110 becouse of certain clownfish being a *****y old hag

Much too sad. People sometimes laugh about us grieving over our fish but they truly are pets just like dogs or cats and we get just as attached to them.

Sorry Gene and may your friend R.I.P.
Scott Z.

Thanks,Scott and Ilia! I can't believe it still becouse he was really healthy and ate well and I made sure that he had live brine and mysids every day.
My wife laughs as well but she just trying to joke about it to make me feel better..doesn't help
I have desided that this is it for me,no more copperbands or any fish for that matter for a while.

[zhenya]

NOOOOOOOOOO I'm sorry your copperband died Gene. I'm sure you are there wondering what could have caused this. I too hate it when everything is all fine, then all of a sudden it just collapses dead.

Again, i'm sorry this happened.

- Elmo

We must of typed at the same time,Elmo
Noooo is what I said as well and still am scratching my head

[Elmo18]

I'm just curious if yours was an Australian variety or the other Indo-Pacific variety. I've yet to see the difference in markings. Are there ways to tell them apart?

Thanks,

Ilham

[kevinpo]

Sorry to hear that Gene. It may have choked on some food. I lost my female clownfish of 7.5 years a couple of months ago from that.

Regards,
Kevin

[Ninong]

Gene,

Sorry to hear that. How long did you have him?

[zhenya]

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I'm just curious if yours was an Australian variety or the other Indo-Pacific variety. I've yet to see the difference in markings. Are there ways to tell them apart?

Thanks,

Ilham

Ilham,

I'm not sure if it was an Australian or not as I bought it locally and getting answer from places like that on the origin of the fiah is like pulling teeth I don't believe there is a difference in markings if it is a Chelmon rostratus,if it is other similar fish then there is a difference in amount of stripes,I believe.I don't remember the name of the other species but it is the same family.

Edit: I just remembered,Ilham .It's name is Chelmon marginalis and it has only two bars as oposed to the three that C.rostratus has.

Sorry to hear that Gene. It may have choked on some food. I lost my female clownfish of 7.5 years a couple of months ago from that.

Regards,
Kevin

Thanks,Kevin for the insight.I was thinking about this as well but can't tell now as I did not disect it to check it out,I was just too upset.I remember the incident now with your clownfish...very sad...

Gene,

Sorry to hear that. How long did you have him?

Thanks,George. I had him for few month only and if you remember I posted a thread when he developed a popeye.He recovered from it quickly and was a very active and eating well,the abcense of pods and my hair worms is his legacy that he left behind :eek3:
Here's a pic of him just a couple of weeks before this freaky death.

[Wind]

im sorry bout ur loss as well.. i know what it means... by feeling down about fishies...

take cares.. best of lucks..

[Poseidon]

That BLOWS!!!!



All the best and I can certailnly sympathize... Everyone in this community knows what its like to lose a Prized fish... He%% I even feel bad when I lose any fish, whether it be a stupid damsel or a much more prized variety!!!

Mike

[Barry N.]

That is sad.

Had something like that happen to me last week. So sad....

[Minh Nguyen]

Gene, I am sorry to hear this.
Minh

[zhenya]

Thank you to ALL!