Corals or fish? Who gets emergency evacuation?

[blecki]

A) My clowns were $40, thank you.

B) What about the $200 tangs and $100 wrasses and everyone else? Not everyone just has a box of expensive torches with a clown in it.

 

[Lavey29]

A) My clowns were $40, thank you.

B) What about the $200 tangs and $100 wrasses and everyone else? Not everyone just has a box of expensive torches with a clown in it.

You do realize it is just funny sarcasm right? Anyone who has a heavily stocked tank with mature corals has much more invested there then any fish in the tank so I was jokingly asking people who you save first in the hurricane or fire catastrophe

 

[blecki]

Don't know about that, pretty sure my 2 cubic feet of GSP isn't worth anything but I'd still try and save it.

 

[EliMelly]

You do realize it is just funny sarcasm right? Anyone who has a heavily stocked tank with mature corals has much more invested there then any fish in the tank so I was jokingly asking people who you save first in the hurricane or fire catastrophe

Can’t really put a price on a healthy moorish idol that’s eating. One of a kind fish you know? Same thing with my Achilles and Copperband. There’s just a personal investment there and they’re not so easily replaceable.

 

[Lavey29]

Can’t really put a price on a healthy moorish idol that’s eating. One of a kind fish you know? Same thing with my Achilles and Copperband. There’s just a personal investment there and they’re not so easily replaceable.

But is it money or love? We all know the answer.

 

[Chuck_e]

Well, I'd have to move the rocks out to be able to catch the fish, and the corals are attached to the rocks, so...

 

[Tamberav]

So a catastrophic failure happens in your tank and you have only one option of trying to save your corals or fish. Most of us have thousands of dollars worth of corals and 20 dollar clownfish.

So who gets the emergency evacuation priority your expensive corals or you 20 dollar friend that greets you every morning?

Fish

I always feel sad when a fish dies. When a coral dies I feel frustrated.

I would rather be frustrated than sad.

 

[KrisReef]

So a catastrophic failure happens in your tank and you have only one option of trying to save your corals or fish. Most of us have thousands of dollars worth of corals and 20 dollar clownfish.

So who gets the emergency evacuation priority your expensive corals or you 20 dollar friend that greets you every morning?

Clownfish get the emergency evacuation

 

[Dr. D]

Fish

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Easy, save the fish, coral must go.

 

[Faurek]

Well grab a bucket and try to get those fish out with the corals and rocks in place, it's impossible, both have to be saved along with my sea stars, shrimp can go, those are annoying pieces of crap sometimes.

 

[EliMelly]

But is it money or love? We all know the answer.

It’s both. My corals aren’t colonies yet for the most part so my fish are high end and more expensive. Plus I love em!!

 

[DanyL]

I find it extremely disturbing that people even mention finances rather than the practicality and personal value.

As I mentioned in another thread, I still have to this day both my very first coral and fish, they’re approx 17 years with me and the rest is a result of 17 years worth of collecting, with many pieces that you won’t be able to easily retrieve back in my country.

I get it, fish have a face and personality - but they’re both living animals and tbh - I spent much more time and effort to care for my coral than my fish, including emergencies where I had to leave everything and save them. There’s no price you can put on this, nor any other way to measure their value for me.

The one and only reasonable and humane way to make this decision is IMHO practicality.

 

[Dburr1014]

100% the fish will be getting out. I have 3 tanks I can divide them into. No way I'm moving out 100+ pounds of coral encrusted rock.

 

[Dburr1014]

I find it extremely disturbing that people even mention finances rather than the practicality and personal value.

As I mentioned in another thread, I still have to this day both my very first coral and fish, they’re approx 17 years with me and the rest is a result of 17 years worth of collecting, with many pieces that you won’t be able to easily retrieve back in my country.

I get it, fish have a face and personality - but they’re both living animals and tbh - I spent much more time and effort to care for my coral than my fish, including emergencies where I had to leave everything and save them. There’s no price you can put on this, nor any other way to measure their value for me.

The one and only reasonable and humane way to make this decision is IMHO practicality.

Yes, I would totally save both if able.

 

[fish farmer]

I've had to deal with a tank cracking....and saved both.

It depends on what the catastrophe is? Are the corals dying, so fragging instead of removing whole the better option due to water fouling?

If I had to tear the tank apart, corals attached to rock first since that makes catching the fish easier and becomes the filtration of whatever bin/holding tank I have. I could see maybe tossing the weed corals due to lack of holding space. Then grab the fish. My clowns are around 20 years old, but I also have tube worms on a piece of rock older than that.