An Unpleasant First makes for a Crappy Monday

[Coleus]

Sorry for your loss. Sometimes it happens with no clear explanation. Seems to be in excellent health one day and then is dead in the next day. So i just assume fish can have a heart attack just like human.

[toytech]

Im 0 for 2 lattely with coral beauties , mine wouldent eat or just up and died the day after i got it . I think there like all fish and only live so long , and never show signs of stress so it always comes out of the blue .

[SmallFry]

Thanks for the replies, I'm hoping it's just a random incident, though with the clown being territorial she could've been stressed but not showing it I guess. I get the feeling the clown's going to end up in solitary if he's not careful.

Anyway, I'll probably replace her at some point, but probably not until I get the newer, bigger tank online.. I have read that the Coral Beauties are sensitive, maybe I just got lucky with Blueberry - for a while.. They are definitely nice fish though and worth persevering - always out and about cruising through the rockwork..

[Ryan]

you have to remember alot of these fish are wild caught. Clownfish and even angels can stay small their whole lives.

With dwarf angels the females stay 1/3 or 1/2 the size of a male so you may have gotten an older female who turned male in your tank and then passed 2 years later. Meanwhile its lived 10 or 15 years on the reef before you seen it.

[apex82]

Just lost my coral beauty 2 days ago(fav fish as well) due to mysterious causes... However all my fish are struggling so a bit different. It sucks, they are awesome fish.

[dsaundry]

2-3yrs life span I think is about the norm in captivity.