Help!! Banggai lying on its side

[Cel M]

I got my first banggai cardinal yesterday, and I introduced him to my 1.5 yr old (pretty established) 30 g biocube. The only other fish in there is a a goby, big clean up crew, and lots of coral. Tonight I noticed he was lying on his side at the bottom of the tank and breathing hard (( I don't know what's wrong with him and I got scared of letting a fish die in my tank and messing up my levels so I quarantined him and now he's still on his side at the bottom breathing hard... I don't know what to do, if I can even do anything...

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Nitrite: 0
Ammonia: 0
Salinity: 1.024
30 gal biocube stock lighting
Three tier media rack with filter floss, purogen, matrix carbon for filter system

 

[Titanwerx]

Cardinal straight from fish store or from another's established tank? Was he eating before? Did you acclimate? Ph,temp?

 

[domination2580]

Pics say a thousand words sir.

 

[Cel M]

It was from a fish store. We fed everyone yesterday afternoon and he ate a little bit. When putting him in I put the bag in the water and I dripped for about 90 minutes. pH is at 7.8....hm that's low maybe that could be a factor. Temp ranges between 78-80 throughout the day

 

[Cel M]

He's gotten worse..... I think he's a dead fish....... still breathing but I don't think he's going to make it much longer

 

[Titanwerx]

90minutes a bit much IMO but not a killer I think. Might just be the fish and how it was caught before it arrived at fish store. Do you know how long it's been at the store? I usually wait a few days before pulling the trigger on any new fish. Yea he looks like a goner... Sorry

 

[Cel M]

I have more coral than fish so that's kinda been my go to timing :/ No I'm not sure, the owner constantly has like twenty or so in the tank everytime I go, so he could've been there a few months or a few days :/ My poor fish D:

 

[domination2580]

It was from a fish store. We fed everyone yesterday afternoon and he ate a little bit. When putting him in I put the bag in the water and I dripped for about 90 minutes. pH is at 7.8....hm that's low maybe that could be a factor. Temp ranges between 78-80 throughout the day

I like to keep my ph between 8 and 8.2 but i dont think is a factor here

 

[Cel M]

Its very strange to me because nothing seems immediately wrong with my tank and nothing seemed wrong with the fish. It was just sudden...

 

[domination2580]

I would do a freshwater dip to see if its flukes.

 

[domination2580]

That would either verify or rule out flukes.

 

[Cel M]

I'll try freshwater....he's still breathing afterall...

 

[domination2580]

Make sure it's rodi water and up to temp

 

[domination2580]

Also aerate the water for a minimum of 30 min prior

 

[Milkmanskid]

I had two that died this way. 30 gallon. No apparent reason. One right after the other. Sucks cause they were a mated pair to.

 

[Bunnee911]

Mine only eat meat. No flakes or pellets.

 

[Cel M]

Welll he didn't make it through the night... I was so hopeful because he swam around in the freshwater dip but when I took him out he went listless again...

 

[Cel M]

Mine only eat meat. No flakes or pellets.

I feed my fish mysis shrimp and everyone else gets phytoplankton

 

[Titanwerx]

My condolences.

 

[Cel M]

My condolences.

Thanks </3