I lost my foxface last night.

[Highland Reefer]

I had him for about a month. He was doing great. He was eating good too. My ph had dropped the day before from 8.0 down to 7.8 . So I added my normal amount of buffer to raise it up one notch. For some reason it brought it up to 8.1. I guess the sudden change was to much for him? None of my other fish died.

 

:(

[rsarvis]

Man, sorry to hear about your loss. I sure know how frustrating it is, to have things going well and then boom, beloved fish dies. :( You gonna get another?

 

I had him for about a month. He was doing great. He was eating good too. My ph had dropped the day before from 8.0 down to 7.8 . So I added my normal amount of buffer to raise it up one notch. For some reason it brought it up to 8.1. I guess the sudden change was to much for him? None of my other fish died.

 

:(

[jamal]

sorry to hear that. fish mortality has been high recently. you never know what will be too much for the little guys.

[Highland Reefer]

Man, sorry to hear about your loss. I sure know how frustrating it is, to have things going well and then boom, beloved fish dies. :( You gonna get another?

 

 

The foxface is a great cleaner. I had bought him after I had gotten everything going & still had some bubble algae. He did a great job of cleaning it up. He didn't bother the coral either. I think I will have to get another one or maybe I will get something different, that cleans up like he did. I kind of like having a fish that can sting the #@!! out of you. I have been thinking about getting a small dwarf Lionfish. I had one before I lost my tank over a year ago. He stung me three times, but I think they are really great looking fish.

[Brian Ward]

I doubt it was anything you did that killed it. adding the buffer was the right thing.

[tygger]

Sorry for the loss.

 

In my personal experience, I wouldn't bother with adding the buffer. Fish can adjust to a different ph, as long as its a slow gradual change. Others may disagree. I very rarely test the ph and like to keep it simple...

[YBeNormal]

A pH variance of .3 throughout a single day is not uncommon in our tanks and I doubt that was what caused the death.

[Highland Reefer]

I came across this guy, a dwarf fuzzy lionfish. I'd luv to get one of these.

 

[jason the filter freak]

I don't think the pH killed him. The dwarf fuzzy has the potential to be fun, mind you it will kill things like shrimp, crabs, and smaller fish. They also are hard to get to start eating but are pretty good after that

[Highland Reefer]

I don't think the pH killed him. The dwarf fuzzy has the potential to be fun, mind you it will kill things like shrimp, crabs, and smaller fish. They also are hard to get to start eating but are pretty good after that

 

From what I read, they are the easiest dwarf lionfish to get to feed. I do not have crabs or shrimp or small fish. They say their mouths are smaller than other lionfish. The one article I read says it is fun to watch them feed after they get use to you. What did you use to get them to eat?