MonoSebaelover
01-02-2004, 10:11 PM
Okay, it has been a couple of bad days recently (the past 3). It all started on Wed when I look at my tank an hour after lights went on (the 209g) and saw that my lg Mono Argenteus had the lower part of its gill torn and was hanging on by the base of the gill. So I figured great the Queens are getting way too aggressive and growing at WAY to quick of a rate (got one in Jan 03 and the other Feb 03 both were about an inch and both are now well over 6 inches) plus I have recently been toying with the idea of making the tank more peaceful since I'm in college and my mom feeds the tank and she has already been bitten once. So this Mono incident told me it was time to get rid of the Queens, Blue line, and a small Lunare Wrasse, along with moving my Large Lunare, along with a few other triggs out of the 209 so I can make it more peaceful. Plus I wanted 2 show fish and all the rest be cool interesting fish while it used to be tons of triggs and there was no real show fish. So Wed I took my Queens, Blue line, and Lunare Wrasse to Catfish Charlies a local fish store. So by Wed night all the fish I wanted out were out and the tank contained my Clown Trigger, 2 Niger Triggers, 2 Blue Tangs, Clown Grouper, Red Coris Wrasse, Red Breasted Wrasse and Zebra Moray Eel. Everything is now great and I am starting to plan future tankmates (I am getting a Majestic Angel tomorrow :) and in future would like to have a Sohal or Clown Tang, Teardrop Buttefly, Horned Heniochus, among a few others). So today I walk into Catfish and the manager walks up and says "When you dropped off the triggs did one have really shredded fins". I said of course not, they were the picture of health when I brought them in. And the guy says Oh, I should go look at her. So go and look at her and her dorsal and anal fins were completly destroyed (down to the fin spikes and some were below) and had numerous scrapes and blood marks on her body. I almost lost it, the guy said they were closed yesterday and came in today and that was how she looked. She had been put in a 150g tank with the other Queen, Blue line, a large Damsel (all of mine and all she has lived with for the past year) and a 9 inch White Spot Grouper and a 5 inch Soap Crab or something like that. So the guy was like your Queen is trying to kill the other Queen but I still think it was the grouper as many of her marks are far too large for a Trigger bite. As it turns out she is back home with me recouperating and I have named her Samara from The Ring (don't know why just sounds cool, plus both Queens never sleep) and is now in a 55g for the time being. Anyway, sorry for the really long post but I am really annoyed and saddened. I will try and post some pics tomorrow of my poor little girl. Just saying to be careful when bringing some of your personal fish back to a store that already contains some large established tankmates. Anyway, just letting you guys know!