+Capt. Obvious Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 One of my favorite fish, my scopas tang, has gone on to that big reef in the sky. Long story short after repositioning my powerheads and return lines to create a "better flow" it disturbed my (LARGE) carpet anemone causing him to find a more suitable location. My Scopas Tang loved to swim around darting in and out of the rockscape and knew the rockscape quite well...he could do his acrobatics at full speed without touching a single rock. He however did not notice the anemone's new position and swooped into a tunnel at fullspeed and smack dab into the center of the carpet anemone on the way out. 4" scopas tang meet 7" carpet anemone, 7" anemone meet 4" scopas...end of story...by the time i moved the lights out of the way to attempt a rescue it was too late...all that was visible was his mouth surrounded by a frilly collar of anemone (looked like a velocoraptor). A sad sad sad sad day...he had much character and will be greatly missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ysanford Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Man, that sucks. You were always talking about how cool that fish was. Sorry to hear that. RIP Mr. Scopas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Capt. Obvious Posted April 1, 2009 Author Share Posted April 1, 2009 Man, that sucks. You were always talking about how cool that fish was. Sorry to hear that. RIP Mr. Scopas. yeah..******* anemone.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barderer Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I have a yellow tang I am trying to sell if you want another tang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheetum Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 I have a yellow tang I am trying to sell if you want another tang Barder give the man time to grieve this was his fav. I made the same mistake when my wife's fave 6line went carpet surfing & I suggested we run to the store and find something to replace it before I even picked him up! Needless to say it was a bad week ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesL Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Sorry to hear I will have to keep that in mind, as my Scopas does the same thing, zipping through the tank... and I want to get an anemone also down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejaustin Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 So sorry to hear about your Scopas. Amazing how attached we get to these critters. ej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+dapettit Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Sorry for your lose. It's always hard when you lose your fav. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robb in Austin Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Nature sucks sometimes. Sorry about your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innate1 Posted April 1, 2009 Share Posted April 1, 2009 Sorry to hear about that. My wife tells me not to have a favorite in the tank cause as sure as I do it goes belly up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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