R.I.P. to my oldest fish

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Sad day as I am feeding my fish and cannot see my regal tang...after spending some time looking through the entire tank ...there he was on the bottom under the 3 foot shelf rock lays cold no movement
After having him roughly 7 years ago from a friend and gone through different changes and a tank move with a carpet surfing for enough time to render him bloody and dried up...the toughest fish I ever had...well R.I.P.

Maybe old age as no other fish show any stress signs...swimming and eating well...

[Simons]

****ty, not sure how good I will feel when one my oldest fish dies, I have some clown loaches that are over a decade now.

[lpsreefer]

That sucks buddy!

[Ulmo]

RIP fish

[burtonboi]

Deepest condolences.


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[mike31154]

Unfortunate. I still have my oldest, a Maroon clown, but have lost several fish that I had almost since I started the tank up in early 2007. Also lost a few that were added later, but it seems you do get more attached to your first or oldest critters. Amazing how tough & fragile they can be at the same time, survive carpet surfing & then simply expire without apparent reason. Lost a Yellow tang a while back & no idea what happened, just found him on the bottom one morning, some of the cleanup crew had already started doing their thing.

Time to go shopping? I replaced the Yellow & the new addition is doing great.

[KPG007]

I feel your pain. I recently lost my Leopard wrasse I've had over 6 years. I watched it transition from a female into a male. That was a sad day.

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Thanks guys for the kind words...it is the hardest when I stare at my tank and usually the 1st fish in my face would be my buddy regal.
The way I see it is he didn't show any signs and hoping no suffering.

[wayner]

If you would like another Hippo let me know - he's medium size and for you no charge😄 - ok -maybe a cup or 2 of carbon

[eli@fijireefrock.com]

Originally Posted by wayner

If you would like another Hippo let me know - he's medium size and for you no charge😄 - ok -maybe a cup or 2 of carbon

Really...your not just pulling my leg as I am very vulnerable now Wayne as my tank feels empty.
I will even give you 4 cups of carbon.