Sad Day

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I came home this evening after a long day and fed my tank. I sat down in my comfy Ikea chair that faces the tank to relax and watch the fish eat. As I watched I noticed that my beautiful Christmas Wrasse wasn't tearing up the tank chasing down food. I though "hmmm, thats odd he should be out and about during daylight."

Well an hour later and still no Christmas Wrasse, so I decide that he's probably burried himself early tonight, I'll see him tomorrow. Unfortunately I saw him sooner, and not the way I ever hoped.

While doing some maintenance and cleaning I stuck my head around the side of the tank to wipe up some skimmer mess and found beautiful "Jesus" (pronounced hay-zeus) the Christmas Wrasse had made a "leap of faith" and had found his final resting place behind my tank. He was a bit "jerky-like" so I suspect he'd been there for at least 24 hours? :(

Ohh, a sad day it is. My first fish death in over a year, and first "carpet surf" (or hardwood in this case) ever. Between losing both my clams this summer, and now my precious Wrasse I'm very bummed.

Of course there is always a silver lining right? Papa Bangaii has finally held onto a brood of eggs for the first time in 6 months and is quietly swimming in seclusion in the nursery tank now, and we're awaiting the release of many tiny new Bangaii fry in the next few days! I'm gonna be a grandpa again soon. :D So I guess the circle of life continues in my world.