RIP to my Monster Armatus

[greenerinks]

so it happened guys.. the day that I would dread occurred. I lost my 21.5” armatus due to a bacterial infection that wasn’t treated to fast/effective enough. Hard as hell to handle with care especially with those fangs... take a look at this beautiful beast... sure gonna miss her. I’m gonna taxidermy this one to join my GATF.

 

[kno4te]

Sorry for the loss.

 

[krichardson]

Damn.I know how you must feel as I was pretty bummed out when I lost mine.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Sorry for your loss, they seem to do better with tannins in the water, but really not an easy fish to keep long term

 

[celebrist]

Sorry for your loss how long did you have it

 

[nzafi]

Sorry for your loss. Gorgeous specimen

 

[greenerinks]

Have had her for almost 3 years I reckon. Had a couple other Armatus starting out together and this was clearly the dominant one and one got wrecked by her aggression another lost a from a move but both were not as strong as this one which is definitely sad for me to see her go. At least now I will immortalize her..

 

[Killduv]

So Sorry- magnificent looking beast though.

 

[tlindsey]

Sorry for your loss.

 

[nzafi]

greenerinks how did you even identify the bacterial infection? Also, how were you trying to treat it? Just curious because obviously in a larger tank or with larger specimens it is hard to treat.