OMG my friend i reaaly feel sorry for your loss that was a great specimen and probably your close friend after spending that much time with it, i hope you get another to replace it soon to fill the void
Thanks for all the support guys yesturday was a pritty awful day for me having to be at work with what has happened to the aro in the morning. Finally got home at 6pm and took the red out of the fridge and gave it a proper burial that it desevered now Im looking at the empty 8ftr that i had custom built for this guy such a loss. I had so many big $$ offers from people wanting to buy him but refused them all as I had selected to keep only two reds out of the 10 that I originally had this guy was supposed to be with me for a very long time unfortunately this was cut short...
Sorry for your loss, he was a stunner! Hope this doesn't push you away from the hobby as it did me for a few years. When mines past away, he ended up on my back. Find closure and hopefully you'll end up with another.