Help! I got two baby storm clowns yesterday and put them in quarantine and the black one immediately went to the bottom and laid down breathing heavily. This morning he died. 😭 I don’t want to lose the orange one too! What do I do? All of my parameters are good.
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@singwithmylife
312d
Thank you so much @MaxB. Here’s more information. - I drip acclimated for about an hour. The new to old water was 1:1 before I transferred them. - I got them from a local saltwater only fish store. He had them for about a month and was holding them for me while I got my display tank cycled. - My filter has a bubbler feature that agitates the surface while adding tiny bubbles and I’ve got it turned it all the way up. - I didn’t add any medication at all. - I had black 1.5” pvc elbows in there but I got them at Home Depot and I’m worried that’s what killed them. - I just did a 50% water change and added Seachem Prime and Stress Guard. Poor guy isn’t doing so well.
@MaxB.
312d
It’s seems to me like you did all the right things, sometimes they may not be in the best condition at the fish store and the move is what puts them over the edge. And tons of people use the pvc tubing in quarantining setups, so it’s most likely not the reason the clown passed. Clownfish are resilient fish so there’s a good chance the remaining one will make it with enough care. Don’t beat yourself up over it, it was likely out of your control
@singwithmylife
312d
@MaxB. Thank you so much! I’m trying so hard to do everything right and be so careful and it’s so hard not to feel like I did something wrong and get discouraged. I really appreciate your help and advice! ❤️ I named the orange one Indy. Short for indestructible. 😅 I’m really hoping he lives up to it. 🙏🏻🤞🏻 I told him he has a name now so he’s obligated to live! 😂
@_7effrey
310d
Maybe when you were transferring when you took it out the water
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Oh no! Sorry to hear that, there’s a few things that I can think of- 1) Your salinity is a bit low, usually people aim for 1.026. Did you drip acclimate them or just put them in? It could be shock from sudden salinity change. 2) if you got them online shipped to you they could have been in bad shape already and extremely stressed. 3) maybe not enough oxygen, put an air bubbler in, I see that you have a Wavemaker but it’s at the bottom, which doesn’t add oxygen to the tank because it’s not breaking the surface water it’s not adding much oxygen. 4) if you dosed a certain medication too early it could have put too much stress on the fish, (like if you dosed copper right as you put them in the tank) Only you know all the specifics of your situation, so good luck and I hope the other clown makes it! Do consider getting something for the fish to hide in though, like a T pvc big open tube, it will help their stress if they have a safe space. The other parameters look fine btw.