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A very sad day - found the Moorish idol dead this afternoon. He looked great yesterday, so no idea what happened. He did appear a lot thinner when dead than he did when he was alive, but he ate well, and I would think if he starved, there would be some period of time when he was weak, not go from acting healthy to dead overnight.
 

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I wonder what caused that. Any ideas?
 
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I wonder what caused that. Any ideas?
Not really. When a fish dies in that tank, I always wonder if it got stung by the anemones, but the BTAs don't really have that much of a sting, and I couldn't see any signs of wounds. I never saw anyone harass him, even when I first put him in, which is rare with that extra-large maroon clown. This species has a reputation of being very difficult, but since he had been in aquarium life for a year, I thought it would go better than it did.
 

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Gotcha. Well, that sucks. I wonder sometimes if I would like to hear corals and fish talk. Yes, they could tell you what's wrong. Also, they would probably never shut up haha
 
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I'd say "long-tentacled plate coral" is an appropriate name for this critter. It's about as big as a dessert plate now - maybe in a few years I will take the same picture with a dinner plate.

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I'd say "long-tentacled plate coral" is an appropriate name for this critter. It's about as big as a dessert plate now - maybe in a few years I will take the same picture with a dinner plate.

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Cool! How long have you had it?
 
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