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Old 10-21-2009, 05:37 AM
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Which corals were you, and other posters here that are reading, most disappointed in?
tuff question, um for me is was a few SPS that looked promising but never colored up like I thought they would, so not a bad coral just not the results I was gambling on, a fox coral, never did well, oh and mushrooms, when you mix mushrooms and MH lighting they explode and try to take over the tank.

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For me was a recent attempt at a Sharknose Goby; waited for 2-3 months to be in stock, and when they arrived I picked one up as soon as I could. Got it home and into QT and after a few days I noticed it had some weird problem with its jaw and gills. No problem, I took it back for an exchange. Happy to have a GOOD specimen now I carefully acclimated it just like the last one and very carefully netted the fish from the bucket to be moved to the QT tank.... dam thing flipped out of the net and onto the floor! Carefully picked up and dropped into QT. Watched it for about 15 min and everything looking OK I left for the night.

Well the next morning I get up to check on the new fish and it's dead....... That sucked...
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Old 11-27-2010, 05:26 AM
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For me was a recent attempt at a Sharknose Goby; waited for 2-3 months to be in stock, and when they arrived I picked one up as soon as I could. Got it home and into QT and after a few days I noticed it had some weird problem with its jaw and gills. No problem, I took it back for an exchange. Happy to have a GOOD specimen now I carefully acclimated it just like the last one and very carefully netted the fish from the bucket to be moved to the QT tank.... dam thing flipped out of the net and onto the floor! Carefully picked up and dropped into QT. Watched it for about 15 min and everything looking OK I left for the night.

Well the next morning I get up to check on the new fish and it's dead....... That sucked...

This is why you should wait a week or 2. Its better to put a deposit down on a fish. When fish get transhipped in they generally come in with a PH of 6.5-6.7, though sometimes higher if they come from the states or captive raised. Even then the stress from the shipping, being acclimated to the store, then being acclimated to your tank all within 3 days is too much.
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Purple lobster thought they were so cool did not know they were nocturnal never saw the dam thing.
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