Sad, came across pic of old 23" ornate

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Burbotman

Burbotman

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Title says it all, still hurts that I lost this fish last year. Grew out from around 4" to 23". Passed away from no apparent cause.
Tank is custom 26" wide

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wow how long did it take you to grow him out that big?
 
was he WC or CB? either way it sucks to loose such a large monster with good patterns like that. Most of the ornates I see loose those nice dark patterns at like 12"
 
Dr.B said:
was he WC or CB? either way it sucks to loose such a large monster with good patterns like that. Most of the ornates I see loose those nice dark patterns at like 12"
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Dr B, I suspect he was wc. I found him at a hole in the wall LFS that specialized in oddball fish. Also to note I got him back in 2006. In the market here Ornates were extremely rare until the cb's really came into the Calgary market in around 2009.
 
Burbotman said:
Dr B, I suspect he was wc. I found him at a hole in the wall LFS that specialized in oddball fish. Also to note I got him back in 2006. In the market here Ornates were extremely rare until the cb's really came into the Calgary market in around 2009.
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oh ok well sorry for your loss hopefully your ornate your growing out now can get close to that monstrous size
 
It's never good to loose a fish regardless of the size. I am sorry for your loss. Hope you will find another ornate soon. Back in the days I used to lose bichirs from no apparent cause too. Now I QT all my fish at least a week before adding.
 
I really have respect for you, because you didn't quit after losing a prized fish. Keep at it, there are plenty of monster bichirs ahead for you.
 
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