Possible first fish casualty... :(

Mark9 · 10/25/2013, 03:21 PM

Came home today, the right side of the Royal Gramma is looking bad, looks chewed up and scales missing, and he won't eat.
He WAS a glutton, always eating up a storm.
I have no idea what happened, he got along with the clowns and bullied the chromis to no end, still does actually.
Only other fish is the yellow watchman, he looks fine, but he's quite small and sticks to his cave.
Knew it would happen, losing a fish, but still sucks.

KeepNitReel · 10/25/2013, 03:34 PM

Sometimes these things happen. I lost a juvenile naso tang earlier this week, only had him 3 weeks. He wasn't cheap either!!!

SPS Tamer · 10/25/2013, 05:21 PM

try using some garlic extreme to soak the food in, might help him eat

Griznock · 10/25/2013, 08:06 PM

i learned the hard way to never put a chromis and gramma in the same tank!..one will surly be dead soon..my chromis killed my dragon wrase and a clown before i made a spear and removed the 15 dollar fish that was destroying my tank.oh yea he killed a dotty back also

lol them 15 dollar chromis are nice looking but hell in the water

HumbleFish · 10/25/2013, 08:25 PM

Are your clowns laying eggs? That can be a game changer when it comes to their aggression.

Mark9 · 10/25/2013, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by HumbleFish

Are your clowns laying eggs? That can be a game changer when it comes to their aggression.

no egg laying.
I don't know what's going on with the gramma, he did eat a bit, but he's beat up.
wife wants me to move him, not sure how I can catch him with all the rock.

HumbleFish · 10/25/2013, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Mark9

no egg laying.
I don't know what's going on with the gramma, he did eat a bit, but he's beat up.
wife wants me to move him, not sure how I can catch him with all the rock.

Mine got pounded a month or so ago by my big fem Maroon clown. Now I have to target feed him; he won't leave his little hiding spot. The clown had basically just ignored him for more than a year before this happened. Just goes to show ya - war of the ocean is ever changing.

Mark9 · 11/04/2013, 02:48 PM

The RG is making a recovery.
I can't take credit, as I thought he was a goner.
He's turning into a bit of a bully.
Still got a bit of whiteness on the right side, but almost gone.

CarlosPulga · 11/04/2013, 05:31 PM

I added an Orchid Dottyback but my yellow eye kole wouldn't leave him alone, before I could remove him he was chased into my carpet anemone, he manage to escape but one side was pretty beat up, scales falling and all. I moved him to a different tank where I have a very nice, and well behave yellow tang, still he ended up dying.

My yellow tang didn't care about him, or anything else.

skene · 11/04/2013, 06:30 PM

Nice, good to see that it bounced back!

10/25/2013, 03:21 PM	#1
Mark9 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,497	Possible first fish casualty... :( Came home today, the right side of the Royal Gramma is looking bad, looks chewed up and scales missing, and he won't eat. He WAS a glutton, always eating up a storm. I have no idea what happened, he got along with the clowns and bullied the chromis to no end, still does actually. Only other fish is the yellow watchman, he looks fine, but he's quite small and sticks to his cave. Knew it would happen, losing a fish, but still sucks.

10/25/2013, 03:34 PM	#2
KeepNitReel Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Henrico, Virginia Posts: 490	Sometimes these things happen. I lost a juvenile naso tang earlier this week, only had him 3 weeks. He wasn't cheap either!!!

10/25/2013, 05:21 PM	#3
SPS Tamer Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Pflugerville, TX Posts: 57	try using some garlic extreme to soak the food in, might help him eat

10/25/2013, 08:06 PM	#4
Griznock Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Tulsa,Oklahoma Posts: 121	i learned the hard way to never put a chromis and gramma in the same tank!..one will surly be dead soon..my chromis killed my dragon wrase and a clown before i made a spear and removed the 15 dollar fish that was destroying my tank.oh yea he killed a dotty back also lol them 15 dollar chromis are nice looking but hell in the water

10/25/2013, 08:25 PM	#5
HumbleFish Moved On Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 4,757	Are your clowns laying eggs? That can be a game changer when it comes to their aggression.

11/04/2013, 02:48 PM	#8
Mark9 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,497	The RG is making a recovery. I can't take credit, as I thought he was a goner. He's turning into a bit of a bully. Still got a bit of whiteness on the right side, but almost gone.

11/04/2013, 05:31 PM	#9
CarlosPulga Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Chowchilla, CA Posts: 52	I added an Orchid Dottyback but my yellow eye kole wouldn't leave him alone, before I could remove him he was chased into my carpet anemone, he manage to escape but one side was pretty beat up, scales falling and all. I moved him to a different tank where I have a very nice, and well behave yellow tang, still he ended up dying. My yellow tang didn't care about him, or anything else.

11/04/2013, 06:30 PM	#10
skene Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 104	Nice, good to see that it bounced back!