Update
Time for a sad update. One of the fish on my livestock list is a Kole Tang. About 5 weeks ago I was at a Fish store ~1 hour away from here, and saw a great specimen. She was healthy, non aggressive, not afraid of people, and overall a nice looking fish (she was smaller in size). Well, she was still at the store as of yesterday, and Curt on his way out was kind enough to pick her up for me....she still looked great. We acclimated her and she wasn't afraid, very relaxed, acting like she should, checking all the rock, getting her barings. She looked fantastic this morning, and didn't mind my little one's face pressed against the tank (of course mine too). We went out for the day, and when we returned home, she was no where to be found. Curt was doing some checking, then I heard a "GASP", and knew something happened to her. I figured she went into the overflow, but nope.....she was sucked onto one of the screen intakes to the closed loop. I knew the closed loop had a lot of draw, but I didn't imagine a fish getting sucked onto it. Needless to say, I didn't have sponge covers on my intake screens, so she obviously didn't survive.
What is so frustrating for me is this was something that could have been prevented. I am really kicking myself & I am feeling horrible - I don't like to make mistakes like this.
