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Very sorry.
dwhatley;119796 said:I am playing with a thought that may have absolutely no merit (and I hope it does not) but wanted to toss out the idea for comment. I make an effort to keep Caribbean tanks. I do have a couple of critters that are from other parts of the world in my reef but not many. When I kept seahorses there is a long suspected but not quite proven problem with keeping Erectus and any other seahorses. I thought I had proven differently until my non-Erectus all died with in a week (they had reached full maturity from juveniles all living in the 140). The suspected culprit is a form of Vibro that the Erectus seem to carry but are themselves resistent (but not immune). I have never had seahorses in OP's tank but I did raise my Mercs there so the thought is a concern about pathogens from the Mercs that might be present. OP went down so fast and had acted healthy. I have seen other, similar reports but never a discussion on where prior or current other residence came from. Greg's hearbreak occured too fast to be the kind of problem I am thinking about but OP's death makes me wonder.
dwhatley;119699 said:We know he was not young (4.5 months in captivity but sexually immature on arrival) but he was eating well and did not show signs of stress beyond the first hour after acclimation (tank parms are zero on nitrites and ammonia, ph 83 but 30 on nitrates).
monty;119898 said:"Crepuscular" might be the word you're looking for?
dwhatley;119903 said:That's the word. I have not yet incorporated it into my vocabulary (in spite of intent) and I am still dealing with how to pronounce it.
dwhatley;119893 said:He was definitely acting nocturnal (there is another name for early morning/evening animals but I don't remember what Roy called it). The lighting in my living room is not bright during the day and I had even less lighting than you did on the tank (I kept Mercs in the tank before OP) so I don't think the lighting changed his habits.