Sad to say, but I must tell you that we lost our Hippo Tang – Dori. She had not been swimming much over the past two days. She appeared to be struggling to breathe. I don’t know what happened. That is the difficult thing about fish. They can’t tell you what is wrong so you can help them.
She laid down inside the rocks in the tank when she was knew she was going to die. Unfortunately, for John, he had a more difficult time removing her when she eventually stopped breathing.
I have photos of our Clown fish who, surprisingly, guarded against any other fish from going near her as she struggled to breathe her last breaths. I didn’t expect him to do that. He usually protects his anemone that way but it was clear that he was protecting the Tang.
All the other fish were interested in seeing what the Tang was doing. Clown would have no part of that. Here are some pics I took with him in action protecting her until the end.
Top photo is Tang hiding out behind the rocks. Clown is staying right above her to protect her in the other photos from the other fish who are being too curious. Clown would keep looking at her to see how she was doing and turn away to fed off the other fish.
If you never had fish as pets, then you do not know how each fish has its own personality. Some of them are shy while others are more outgoing, friendly and curious. There are others who are aggressive and exhibit an ornery and fearless streak. This type of fish will actually attack anyone who puts their fingers into the tank. There are still others that are poisonous and dangerous to the feeder.
We once had a Lionfish which is quite unusual and exotic-looking but also poisonous with wings that spread out from its body. It is fascinating to watch as it floats around the tank. It only lasted one day before it died. It did not sting John, thank goodness. We never purchased another one though.
We have had two Trigger fish that are beautiful in blue and yellow and other colors. Triggers have teeth and can bite you. Luckily, John was never bitten. He used to push it away with metal tongs when he had to feed the fish to keep it away from his hand. It soon learned not to go near him if he had the tongs in his hand.
One of my favorite fish is a Puffer or Boxfish. They are so sweet, gentle and friendly. Our new Puffer greets us when we go near the tank. It likes to get close to you and look you right in the eyes. I have even talked to it. It stayed there as if it could hear me and understand what I was saying.
All the other fish in the tank are doing well for now. We only hope that they will continue to be healthy for a long time.
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That is so sad. That is the problem with salt water fish. We had two seahorses in ours once. When one died the other wouldn’t let go of it’s partner. It was so sad to see. We had a lion fish and it lived for quite awhile, we had to feed it raw meat.
Oh so sad about the seahorses. Lion fish are poisonous. I didn’t know they ate raw meat. We gave ours shrimp and other fish food.
I’m so sorry for your loss. It’s hard saying goodbye to a beloved pet.
Yes, it is, Sharon. Watching them die is even worse because there is nothing we can do for them. 😢
Oh, I am sorry, Janice
Thank you, Annette! 🥰