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Post by ryansweatt2004 on May 7, 2013 8:27:17 GMT -5
Note to self.....sand sifting sea cucumbers kill fish when they move out of the refugium and get diced up in the intake of the main return pump. So far at least six fish and a cucumber are dead. Crapy morning!
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Post by gotareef on May 7, 2013 8:42:19 GMT -5
wow that sux if you need me to hold something let me know
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on May 7, 2013 9:10:48 GMT -5
I appreciate it rob but I think I got it under control. Lost my 4 lyre tail anthias, 2 of my azure damsels and the sea cucumber. My one tang is stressed out still but I just put in some new activated carbon and did a pretty good sized water change. It's always the little things you never expect to happen that actually do happen I guess. Lesson learned this time.
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Post by jess on May 7, 2013 12:26:15 GMT -5
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Post by pam0630 on May 7, 2013 12:43:57 GMT -5
ouch that stinkis.....
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Post by lindsey1984 on May 7, 2013 14:35:00 GMT -5
And I thought my morning sucked! I'm sorry Ryan! :-(
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on May 7, 2013 15:38:01 GMT -5
Well at least everybody else in my tank survived, especially my hippo tang and my last two azure damsels and my Melanarus wrasse. It would have sucks to loose any more fish. I still have engineer, my mandarin, springeri dotty back and my pair of clowns as well.
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Post by lindsey1984 on May 7, 2013 15:48:53 GMT -5
At least you can look to the bright side! I wish I had that mentality all the time!
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on May 7, 2013 16:07:51 GMT -5
Yea, I'm a glass half full kinda guy LOL! Plus I've seen a whole lot worse die off in reef tanks before so I count myself lucky it was only 6 fish and a cucumber. It coulda been my whole tank dying.
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Post by industry on May 8, 2013 18:25:12 GMT -5
Damn. those cucumbers have some serious toxins.
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Post by ryansweatt2004 on May 8, 2013 18:30:05 GMT -5
I was always under the impression that the sand sifting cucumbers didn't have the toxins in them like the sea apples and similar ones. Oh we'll. Ill still keep them just not near any pumps.
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Post by industry on May 8, 2013 19:53:37 GMT -5
I didn't thinkso either, but after your incident I figured I was wrong. :shrug:
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