Cant Keep Clownfish Alive

[jaredrah777]

Hello, So ive had tons of fish in the past and have kept them all with little to no problems but ive tried 4 clownfish and cant keep them alive. i saw online if you dont have the right tank they can get stressed and die. I have a 85 gallon 5ft tank and currently have

Yellow Tang
Flame Angel
Tomini Tang
Kole Eye Tang
2 Chromis
1 Cleaner wrasse
No Corals

Thoughts?

 

[Sharkbait19]

What were symptoms before they died? Did you qt them first? Any aggression?
There’s a lot of reasons that could have killed them.

 

[Uncle99]

Is that put them in and die or die some time later if so what period.

 

[threebuoys]

Hello, So ive had tons of fish in the past and have kept them all with little to no problems but ive tried 4 clownfish and cant keep them alive. i saw online if you dont have the right tank they can get stressed and die. I have a 85 gallon 5ft tank and currently have

Yellow Tang
Flame Angel
Tomini Tang
Kole Eye Tang
2 Chromis
1 Cleaner wrasse
No Corals

Thoughts?

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[jaredrah777]

What were symptoms before they died? Did you qt them first? Any aggression?
There’s a lot of reasons that could have killed them.

yes fully qt for 35 days

before they died for 2-3 days they just swam at the same spot at the bottom of the tank never moved.

 

[jaredrah777]

Is that put them in and die or die some time later if so what period.

they last a week and a half everytime

 

[FishOkay]

That's weird, were all 4 from the same place?
Do you medicate when quarantining them?

 

[jaredrah777]

That's weird, were all 4 from the same place?
Do you medicate when quarantining them?

its in different spots everytime but same thing happens. 1 week they look good eating and everything then about a week and a couple days in they sit at the bottom of the tank and stay at the same spot for 2-4 days then boom there goners

i qt with prazi,cupramine, and feed metro and focus. The last two i got i purchased from dr.reef thought to myself maybe it was my qt method and same thing happened

 

[Sharkbait19]

Anyone in the tank acting aggressive towards them? Check params too. Maybe it’s something the rest of the fish have adapted to but the clowns cannot.

 

[jaredrah777]

Anyone in the tank acting aggressive towards them? Check params too. Maybe it’s something the rest of the fish have adapted to but the clowns cannot.

no nothing bugs them

i tested my water nothing off i also took it to my lfs to test still nothing off.

next week ill take it to a different lfs see if its our testing

 

[vetteguy53081]

I have 8 clowns in with a load of tangs and others
Acclimate them well and are they wild caught or tank raised?
Any unusual behavior before death like heavy breathing, loss of cold, loss of appetite, signs of aggression?

 

[SlugSnorter]

no nothing bugs them

i tested my water nothing off i also took it to my lfs to test still nothing off.

next week ill take it to a different lfs see if its our testing

maybe setup a cam if you end up trying again. could be being bullied out of food or just bullied in general when you are not there.

 

[Jay Hemdal Verified Community Expert]

no nothing bugs them

i tested my water nothing off i also took it to my lfs to test still nothing off.

next week ill take it to a different lfs see if its our testing

One problem I've been seeing is that most of the clownfish breeders are sending out their fish at smaller and smaller sizes (to save on rearing costs). However, that makes their subsequent adaptation to a tank with established fish, much more difficult. Have these all been small sized, or have you tried some larger ones? Have they all been percula/ocellaris?

Jay

 

[jaredrah777]

One problem I've been seeing is that most of the clownfish breeders are sending out their fish at smaller and smaller sizes (to save on rearing costs). However, that makes their subsequent adaptation to a tank with established fish, much more difficult. Have these all been small sized, or have you tried some larger ones? Have they all been percula/ocellaris?

Jay

3 small and one rlly large one… they were all ocellaris

 

[jaredrah777]

I have 8 clowns in with a load of tangs and others
Acclimate them well and are they wild caught or tank raised?
Any unusual behavior before death like heavy breathing, loss of cold, loss of appetite, signs of aggression?

not much just not moving at all just swimming but not moving… he would pick at food that came near him during feeding time but never moved towards it

 

[Uncle99]

Maybe your source is infected with Brook