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09-05-2003, 10:43 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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I have CLENZED my SOUL!!!!
Yes that is right... I have finally CLENZED my SOUL... I finally did it... Before I get to many of you worried I will explain.... I finally tore into my tank to catch that **** Yellow Tailed Damsel (witch I was told was a green chromis at the time of purchase)... Yes I ended up removing half of my live rock and it took over an hour to get it done but I finally caught that little son of a #$%#%.... And no I didnt take him back to the store for credit.... (not too much gradification in the loss of $50 in fish to his hungry little jaws) And no I didnt even sacrafice him to the porclin god..... NOT enough gradification there either.... I thought it was quite satisfing what pain I put him through... Although it was a bit to quick...... um um .... BUT IT FELT GOOD!!!! I SMASHED HIM ON THE PAVMENT WITH A HAMMER!!!!!! not much left of him.... Over all of this I have learned one thing..... Damsels belong in HELL with Satin not in a beautiful tank...!!!!!!
But my final worry is what will happen with my water quality stirring all of the crud up.... Am I going to have a Nitrate spike then it will slowly go down or ???? How do I need to deal with this problem????????? Please help....
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09-05-2003, 10:48 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Ft. Myers, FL
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I had to make a mico spear gun years ago when my son put a small pin fish in my 180 gal....... he was too fast for that. I finally got the smallest hook available and used a glass shrimp to catch him. about twenty minutes later as he sat on my hook in my backyard canal, he turned into snook food, which in turn turned into dinner for us all.
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09-06-2003, 12:11 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Sheboygan, WI
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anyone have any advice on my water? am I going to have to watch it? How long am I going to have to wait to see if there is going to be spikes before I can add some new fish.... Is this going to hurt my anenome (it is a condy nothing expensive) or any of my invertibres?
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09-06-2003, 02:11 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: NYC
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Should always be watching your water. MOst guys can eyeball the tank and get a rough idea how everyone is doing, but that doesn't replace testing. My tank is 10 months old I test daily.
Before you buy any new fish or coal see if you can pick up
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You can get them right here..
http://www.thereeftank.com/books/
Great books and will give you a lot of useful info on compatability and such. That way ya don't have anymore incidents like, Ummm, the one in your driveway 
Mike
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09-06-2003, 02:25 PM
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BRW member
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: austin texas
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awwww. smashing with a hammer?!? (I'm such a softie...)
I guess I cant say anything since I didnt lose $50 worth of fish to him and I didnt have to tear down my tank to get him....but oh well. at least the worst is over! now lets educate everyone on the horrors of ****sels BEFORE they put them in their tank!!! 
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09-06-2003, 07:51 PM
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Reefless Reefer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Durham, NC
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sorry, you felt it necessary to smash the little guy. it was just doing what it does in the wild, protect its little part of the reef. damsels are not truely bad critters if given enough room! they need the same size tanks as tangs.  they will parcel off a part of the reef and protect it. it is not their fault that we keep them in tanks that are smaller than the territories they would like to keep in the wild. they are mean in order to protect enough area to feed themselves, which is a lot of area. the little buggers are just unlucky enough to be able to handle the toxins of a new tank better than any other fish. i hope that soon they will not be sold for this purpose anymore, now that we have found other methods of cycleing a tank.
you may get another ammonia spike as the stuff rots again. whenever a mass stirring is going to occur i try and cover all of my intakes with a sponge so that i can collect as much of the crud as possible for export. sometimes i will have to clean the sponges every hour for a while to keep the flow up to catch even more. that crud is the evil end detritus that is always talked about. stirring is agreat way to remove it, if you can remove most of it before it starts rotting and causing an ammonia spike.
poor little guy. 
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09-06-2003, 08:18 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: New York
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Not that I am trying to be all "PETA" like, but was smasing it with hammer on the sidewalk the best way to rid you of this "demon"?
I read once that the best way to euthinize a fish is to drop it in boiling water. Does anyone have a suggestion on the most humame way to euthanize a fish?
Perhaps a hammer on the sidewalk is the most humane way????
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09-06-2003, 08:19 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
 
Join Date: Aug 2001
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Ditto on Geoff's comments,,,wat, the LFS too far to take it back?
not along the lines of a good reefkeeper,,,IMO,,,,
a lil' too over the top here,,,,,
a yellow tailed VS green chromis?,,,looks like someone needs to read up a bit on fishkeeping,,,,,
a flame -free forum here,,,,i'll keep my thoughts to myself,,,,  
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09-06-2003, 08:39 PM
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09-06-2003, 08:53 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: New York
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Cool transformer/demon thing, but does it relate to this thread?
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09-06-2003, 08:55 PM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Marietta GA
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I'm sorry but that is just plain mean for smashing the fish.
You were the one who was at fault thinking it was a chromis and it was damsel. Next time bring it back to the store! |
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09-06-2003, 09:11 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
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Quote:
Originally posted by aquadude
Cool transformer/demon thing, but does it relate to this thread?
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YUP, gets the thoughts/feelings across,,,,,,,
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09-06-2003, 09:25 PM
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i have always heard that putting them in a small cup of aquarium water in the freezer is the most humane way...thats what ive done with fish that I was sure werent going to make it (which was only twice ever).
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09-06-2003, 09:28 PM
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Look deeply into my eyes
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Quote:
Originally posted by salt creepette
i have always heard that putting them in a small cup of aquarium water in the freezer is the most humane way...thats what ive done with fish that I was sure werent going to make it (which was only twice ever).
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that would take compassion/forethought/brains,,,,
sorry, but even i have my limits,,,,,
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09-06-2003, 09:35 PM
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Nothing to See Here
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Montana
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Hey Buehlz! I feel your frustration about the damsel but like others have stated you went over the line with this fish! I had a maroon clownfish that I hated so bad but finally tore down my tank and caught her and returned her to the LFS!
As people have stated they are only doing what is natural for them and I have 5 damsels in my reef but they all have their little part to protect and have no problems and they are in with a tomato clown and a copperband butterfly!
Makes me wonder your real love for your reef tank and it's inhabitants that you have under your care! JMO Johnny |
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