just not feeling it anymore...

[5ft24]

My Mandarin has been healthy, picking pods, nice and fat... He was cruising around this morning when I started my water change... got the siphon hose a bit too close, and he got spooked, swam right into the GBTA and got stung by it. 10 minutes later, he was dead...
I know I am just a noob to reefing, but if I can't keep my fish from getting hurt and dying, this may not be the hobby for me....:banghead:

 

[TheBluefish]

Sorry to hear about Mr. Fish. Don’t beat yourself up about it. Just remember fish and coral die everyday in the wild. Give yourself some time, with a little patients you will get the hang of it.

Best wishes, :ciao:
Nick

 

[Drew Shark]

One thing you can do for a water change is take the water from the sump. Then you put the new water in the sump. This prevents any of the fish from being spooked and prevents you from disrupting the tank.

 

[JOSE CASAS]

Sorry for your lose.......but reality is we have been there and had some mishaps along the way. It is the process of learning.

 

[Clifford]

Dave I hope you didn't tell Mona. We can smuggle another one into your tank that looks just like it. Really sorry for your loss. I hate loosing life.

 

[kingrb]

it can be painful at times. I don't even want to think about the trial and Many Errors i have had in the past. Some days it's like burning money.

Don't give up, heck what would you do with your time without your Reef?

 

[zigginit]

we all have been there. in fact about a week ago i put in 2 new healthy firefish and a blue crom into my tank.... but i didnt aclumate them long enough or something because they all died by the next morning! it really ate at me for a while but what can i do. a waste of fish and money! but now i do the drip method to over come that. live and learn.

 

[phamster]

I don't think a sting from a gbta can kill it that easy. that's just me though. good luck anyways.

 

[gumbii]

meh, you'll get over it... don't let one little fish get in the way of a lifestyle and one of the best hobbies around...


i've killed a bunch of fish in the past... now i just buy corals not fish... hate fish... LOL...

 

[freakyflyr11]

at least you didnt do a water change and not check to see if it was ro instead of salt water..that one hurt and my wife has still to let me forget about it..

 

[BigDaddyStar]

ouch.......I am going to go label my drums now just because of that.

at least you didnt do a water change and not check to see if it was ro instead of salt water..that one hurt and my wife has still to let me forget about it..

 

[5ft24]

at least you didnt do a water change and not check to see if it was ro instead of salt water..that one hurt and my wife has still to let me forget about it..

ouch!

 

[IEreefmaster]

at least you didnt do a water change and not check to see if it was ro instead of salt water..that one hurt and my wife has still to let me forget about it..

No doubt, I resort to the taste method with every jug I pour in.

 

[5ft24]

I started that yesterday LOL
Forgot which jug still had RO in it. What sucks is I had 5 full jugs. Found all the saltwater first.

 

[IEreefmaster]

I started that yesterday LOL
Forgot which jug still had RO in it. What sucks is I had 5 full jugs. Found all the saltwater first.

Ya but it's better than killing everything in your aquarium. That is for sure.

 

[freakyflyr11]

yeah i killed everything..5 gal water change in a 28 gal tank..the worst was watchin my mated pair o clowns die..i taste every time now..n my jugs r labeled

 

[Solus]

I agree with drew shark its a good idea to take it from the sump thats the way my friend told me to do it and it seems to be the better way to do it.

 

[james-lee]

+1 on removing and adding water via the sump. i dont know how many lives were lost before I realized this trick.

 

[SoManyCorals]

Sniffle

Aww... poor Mandarin.:bawling:

 

[DEC6]

It's a good idea not to name your "new pets", at least not until you have been doing this for a while. When I started a lot of the problem was not getting/having enough information before making a purchase. Still remember that pretty sea apple that disintegrated and killed EVERYTHING in my tank (cuke nuke). I still make impulsive buys now and then, like a lawn mower blenny that left his mouth prints on all the other fish until my mimic tang took him in hand and would not let him come out to eat until he eventually starved.