bluedot jawfish

Sorry to hear about the BlueSpot. 

Could be the culprit. This is out of Live Aquaria " The wild Snowflake Eel is a nocturnal predator, ambushing fish and crustaceans."

if a fish dies in the first 3 days its usually ethier a sick fish or it wasnt acclimated properly.

"Reef Safe" is a general term that must be defined. What does the fish prey on? Coral? Fish? Shrimp?

I can guarantee that it wasn't the Snowflake that killed the Jawfish. It's mostly the fact that a large percentage of fish die somewhere between the ocean and our tank. This one made it all the way to your tank before it fell over. The eaten part of the fish is the action of the Hermits, Bristleworms, bugs and bacteria.

This is also a relatively new tank. Buying an expensive fish like that is just like throwing money down the drain.

My advice is to slow down and let the tank mature. None of us is better than Mother Nature.

It just seems interesting to me that all of these fish that are dying are from one particular place. To me it says something.
 Pam

jonafriendj wrote: He didn't say where he got it did he?

I think Pam asked him through PM or text:)

That's a great photo Adam!

Brett, please don't take offense, but a moved tank is a lot like a new tank. Just because Nitrates have come down does not mean the tank is stable and can handle anything. There is a lot more still to be learned in this hobby, even by me. My best advice is to slow down and do more learning before taking action. If you had asked about moving the eel over to where you had just added an expensive Bluespot Goby, what do you think we might have said? Though I mentioned above about throwing money down the drain, this recent situation has a lot more to do with responsible reefkeeping. The life in the ocean is better off left in the ocean, if we don't learn to properly care for it when it enters our tanks.


Edited by Mark Peterson - March 19 2011 at 8:34am