Death of a tankmate

[melosu58]

My tomato clown died last nite. He was the first fish I got when I started this Hobby 12 yrs ago. He will be sorely missed. He shared in all of my SW aquarium adventures.

 

[jcarlilesiu]

very sorry to hear about your loss. 12 yrs huh. I would say he/she lived a very full life. You made their stay on this earth quite pleasurable I am sure.

 

[mfdrookie516]

Sorry to hear that Mike

 

[mr_X]

that's pretty awesome! natural causes i mean. well done mike, and sorry to hear of your trouble.

 

[melosu58]

Thanks everyone. He will be missed.

 

[cmor1701d]

Sorry to hear about that clown Mike. I know it is was one of your pride and joy's in the aquarium. Considering they have a 6 - 10 year lifesapn in the wild and half of that in the home aquarium, it just time. It will be missed in your tank shots.

 

[neilanh]

12 years, that's quite impressive

 

[Krypt]

Sorry for your loss. 12 years is a long time. I can only hope I have as much success with the lifespan of my fish as you do.

 

[Bige]

You should be proud to have kept him/her for so long. I know it is hard to loose a fish after so long but he was 12. Thats great for a clown fish. He couldn't have been better kept.

 

[melosu58]

Thanks everyone. I`m getting another clown as I cant imagine a reef without one. Going to go with a gold striped maroon. I had one for many yrs but died about 4 yrs ago. He was eight yrs old. I`ve always had a clown in my tank. As I said I cant imagine life without one.

 

[pokmijn]

Yeah i cant imagine a reef without a clown myself always said to myself "this time no clown" but the first fish is always a clown. And nice choice of going with the GSM their beautiful although you already knew that lol.

 

[melosu58]

They are and a little on the aggressive side but so was my tomato clown. He`ll do fine.

 

[kingman8610]

And we can't imagine you without one Sorry to hear of your loss, but ironically a great 12yr achievement! It was hard losing my smallest hermit and I only had him/her for about a month, but it was the baby! So I know a lil bit how it is, Hope the next one lives just as long and just as happy.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

Sorry to hear about this Mike. 12 years... wow. That's something we should all be striving for.

 

[mellowyellow]

Really sorry to hear that. After having the clown for 12 years I'd be a basket case. I've named my two Emmit and Kelly. Good luck on your next one. Hope it lasts a long time too.

 

[melosu58]

I`ve already got the GSM and I`ll post it on the new aquisitions forum soon.

 

[kingman8610]

GSM?

 

[melosu58]

Gold stripe maroon

 

[mellowyellow]

Great. Can't wait to see him/her.

 

[scottkraft]

sorry to here of your loss, can't wiat to see pic's of the new one
Scott