First fish died...

[candelloro]

*make that second fish, I mentioned before that I had a filefish but he started eating my corals so I gave him back.

I purchased a healthy Lubbock Fairy wrasse at my trusted lfs today and when the guy was trying to catch him for a good 10 minutes since he didn’t want to be caught. Anyways the constant chasing seemed to take a big toll on him cause right when he was in the bag he started breathing heavily. After acclimating, he stayed in the rockwork for a long time still breathing heavily and occasionally coming out. Not even 3 hours later, I found him dead against the sand...

I’m really heartbroken as he looked really healthy in the tank, is it possible that stress was reason he died? His breathing never slowed down.

If anyone is curious, my tank has been running for about 3 months now. Parameters have been very stable and I have a blood red fire shrimp and hermits as well who are all doing fine. Anyone have similar experiences with fish dying within a few hours?
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-0
pH-8.1

 

[Hemmdog]

It happens. If a LFS stressed a fish like that I will refuse the fish. This has happened to me more than once. Are you sure your cycled because nitrate should never be 0.

 

[candelloro]

It happens. If a LFS stressed a fish like that I will refuse the fish. This has happened to me more than once. Are you sure your cycled because nitrate should never be 0.

Yes, tank has been running for about three months now, inverts introduced the first month and I often try to keep nitrates undetectable

 

[Hemmdog]

Yes, tank has been running for about three months now, inverts introduced the first month and I often try to keep nitrates undetectable

Your not running carbon or phosphate remover or any of that stuff yet right? The water needs to get dirty.

 

[candelloro]

Your not running carbon or phosphate remover or any of that stuff yet right? The water needs to get dirty.

I use a carbon filter along with a sponge for biological media

 

[candelloro]

Your not running carbon or phosphate remover or any of that stuff yet right? The water needs to get dirty.

I just tested my water again after feeding my inverts, nitrates are at 0.05 ppm at the moment

 

[Hemmdog]

I just tested my water again after feeding my inverts, nitrates are at 0.05 ppm at the moment

Nice. What do you keep your temp and salinity ?

 

[candelloro]

Nice. What do you keep your temp and salinity ?

What I like though is that my lfs gives store credit if something goes wrong on the first few days of getting livestock. I’m exchanging for single female lyretail anthias in about a week or so. The guy who caught my wrasse at the store apologized a lot after what happened.

 

[candelloro]

Nice. What do you keep your temp and salinity ?

Temp is at constant 78 degrees, it can sometimes get up to 86 here where I live because of the ambient heat in summer though. Salinity is always at 1.025

 

[Gareth elliott]

Fans do wonders for tank temp.

This little guy is enough to keep my tank below 83 degrees. Just 2 computer fans behind a faceplate and some rubber spacers so there its not against the wall.