Ok so i have a friend who has an 88g reef tank, a month or more back he had a complete tank crash due to various reasons, overfeeding, disease, ect. The only 2 survivors of the crash were a Blue Damsel and a blue chromis. The Blue Damsel is beefy and has EXTREME aggression towards other fish.
He recently stocked his tank with the following fish all at once
1 3" Foxfaced Rabbit
2 1" False Percs
2 matted file fish
2 bi-color dotty backs
2 1.5" spotted cardinals
1 1.5" Flame angel
1 1.5" Pygmy angel
1 1.5" Pakistan Butterflyfish
3 Small Waitei Anthias
+ the existing damsel and chromis.
So right off the bat i told him a majority of the fish were very difficult to keep for a novice, and most didn't get a long with each other and pointed out various other issues that one would immediately notice from that list of fish.. A long with the fact that i observed the blue damsel beating up pretty much any smaller fish that got in his way... particularly the small butterfly, flame angel, pygmy angel and false percs..
well so now, these fish all have died
1 1.5" Pakistan Butterflyfish
3 Small Waitei Anthias
2 1.5" spotted cardinals
1 1.5" Flame angel
2 1" False Percs
He noticed the other night that there was a 4"-6" fireworm or bristle worm in the tank and then read online that the worms kill fish, I told him that such worms are pretty typical in tanks and with the amount of food available in the tank that the worm was pretty unlikely to go after fish, and also that the worm was probably not big enough to kill a fish.
I instead pointed out that the blue damsel is continuously picking on the newly introduced fish and stressing them out most likely enough to kill them.. since, 1. they are not big enough or aggressive enough to stand a fight and 2. They haven't adapted to the tank and begun eating enough to be able to take such stress..
he continues to insist its the worm....
lets hear your comments please.
He recently stocked his tank with the following fish all at once
1 3" Foxfaced Rabbit
2 1" False Percs
2 matted file fish
2 bi-color dotty backs
2 1.5" spotted cardinals
1 1.5" Flame angel
1 1.5" Pygmy angel
1 1.5" Pakistan Butterflyfish
3 Small Waitei Anthias
+ the existing damsel and chromis.
So right off the bat i told him a majority of the fish were very difficult to keep for a novice, and most didn't get a long with each other and pointed out various other issues that one would immediately notice from that list of fish.. A long with the fact that i observed the blue damsel beating up pretty much any smaller fish that got in his way... particularly the small butterfly, flame angel, pygmy angel and false percs..
well so now, these fish all have died
1 1.5" Pakistan Butterflyfish
3 Small Waitei Anthias
2 1.5" spotted cardinals
1 1.5" Flame angel
2 1" False Percs
He noticed the other night that there was a 4"-6" fireworm or bristle worm in the tank and then read online that the worms kill fish, I told him that such worms are pretty typical in tanks and with the amount of food available in the tank that the worm was pretty unlikely to go after fish, and also that the worm was probably not big enough to kill a fish.
I instead pointed out that the blue damsel is continuously picking on the newly introduced fish and stressing them out most likely enough to kill them.. since, 1. they are not big enough or aggressive enough to stand a fight and 2. They haven't adapted to the tank and begun eating enough to be able to take such stress..
he continues to insist its the worm....
lets hear your comments please.
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