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Well, I'm now two-for-two when it comes to Centropyge in a reef...
I added two angels about 2-1/2 weeks ago, a Potter's Angel, and a Flame Angel, and for the most part, the two of them were well-behaved for the first week...
then the Potter's went bad... he decided my clams were food, so into the refugium he went. It was such a nice fish... until it went BAD!
Today when I got home from working with my Dad (doing electrical rough-in in 35-degree weather while it's snowing isn't fun), the first thing I noticed was that all the SPS polyps were closed. I had a hunch what the problem was, but just to check and see, I sat back for a bit and just observed.
About a minute later, the Flame pops out from the rocks, swims up to my brown stag and starts nibbling up and down one of the branches, then starts eyeballing the other branches (which were closed up still), and then it swam through the other colonies doing the same thing... the Flame had gone BAD!
I guess SPS polyps must be like a triple espresso or something, because this fish acted like it was about to burst out of his skin with energy (think the 'java java java' scene in George of the Jungle)... it was swimming like mad around the tank, darting in and out of everywhere... something it has never done. Normally it's a pretty docile fish and just calmly swims and nibbles from place to place.
So, I had to trap it too, and now it's keeping the Potter's Angel company in the refugium... soon to be returned to the LFS.
I guess I learned my lesson with angels... they're all fine and dandy, until they go BAD!
I added two angels about 2-1/2 weeks ago, a Potter's Angel, and a Flame Angel, and for the most part, the two of them were well-behaved for the first week...
then the Potter's went bad... he decided my clams were food, so into the refugium he went. It was such a nice fish... until it went BAD!
Today when I got home from working with my Dad (doing electrical rough-in in 35-degree weather while it's snowing isn't fun), the first thing I noticed was that all the SPS polyps were closed. I had a hunch what the problem was, but just to check and see, I sat back for a bit and just observed.
About a minute later, the Flame pops out from the rocks, swims up to my brown stag and starts nibbling up and down one of the branches, then starts eyeballing the other branches (which were closed up still), and then it swam through the other colonies doing the same thing... the Flame had gone BAD!
I guess SPS polyps must be like a triple espresso or something, because this fish acted like it was about to burst out of his skin with energy (think the 'java java java' scene in George of the Jungle)... it was swimming like mad around the tank, darting in and out of everywhere... something it has never done. Normally it's a pretty docile fish and just calmly swims and nibbles from place to place.
So, I had to trap it too, and now it's keeping the Potter's Angel company in the refugium... soon to be returned to the LFS.
I guess I learned my lesson with angels... they're all fine and dandy, until they go BAD!