HELP

[msummers4176]

I have been cycling my tank for 37 days all parameters are good with home tests and when I took it to petco the test they ran said everything was great I bought one clowbfish and 3 snails after drip acclimating for 2 hours I put the clown fully into the tank and instantly he swims frantically around and dies within a minute flat what am I doin wrong

 

[shartpants007]

Wow that's certainly unusual. Something is definitely off. What's your water temperature?

 

[fishguy242]

hi,sorry to hear,possibly nothing wrong? just shock on fishes part??

 

[2021 reefer]

I have been cycling my tank for 37 days all parameters are good with home tests and when I took it to petco the test they ran said everything was great I bought one clowbfish and 3 snails after drip acclimating for 2 hours I put the clown fully into the tank and instantly he swims frantically around and dies within a minute flat what am I doin wrong

Maybe the petco tests were faulty. Petco is not known to reefers as a good store

 

[shartpants007]

hi,sorry to hear,possibly nothing wrong? just shock on fishes part??

I don't know if that's possible, especially since he drip acclimated the fish. Clowns are pretty hardy.

 

[Radreefer]

The only thing I could think of is temperature difference. If you don’t put a heater in the container your dripping into then the container outside the tank will have to opportunity to get closer to whatever the room temp is at the time which could be drastically different then the tank depending on location and time of year.

 

[Dom]

Stray voltage?

 

[fishguy242]

clowns are hearty,but a freak out ,shock is where i would be leaning,after drip acclimation, salinity,not massive temp difference,loose elec in tank would not affect clown,kinda sounds like a "heart attack"?

 

[msummers4176]

Wow that's certainly unusual. Something is definitely off. What's your water temperature?

80.2

 

[msummers4176]

80.2

same temperature as the tank he came from at petco

 

[2021 reefer]

80.2

People usually keep it at like 78 and if u dripped for 2 hours it probably got cold if u dripped him outside. Maybe that’s the cause?

 

[msummers4176]

Maybe the petco tests were faulty. Petco is not known to reefers as a good store

that's the only one we have in Casper WY

 

[2021 reefer]

that's the only one we have in Casper WY

That’s unfortunate but maybe you should buy some test kits?

 

[msummers4176]

The only thing I could think of is temperature difference. If you don’t put a heater in the container your dripping into then the container outside the tank will have to opportunity to get closer to whatever the room temp is at the time which could be drastically different then the tank depending on location and time of year.

I drip acclimated with the bag in the tank water clipped to the side of the tank so temperature would remain constant

 

[2021 reefer]

I drip acclimated with the bag in the tank water clipped to the side of the tank so temperature would remain constant

Hmm then like dom said maybe stray voltage? Or maybe heavy metals? I don’t know if heavy metals would cause that tho… what’s your salinity

 

[shartpants007]

You said you also used home test kits, and the levels were 'good' right? Do you have any numbers? What was the salinity?

 

[msummers4176]

People usually keep it at like 78 and if u dripped for 2 hours it probably got cold if u dripped him outside. Maybe that’s the cause?

no thing was clipped to the inside of tank at top and the drip put into bag for 2 hours

 

[msummers4176]

Hmm then like dom said maybe stray voltage? Or maybe heavy metals? I don’t know if heavy metals would cause that tho… what’s your salinity

1.025

 

[2021 reefer]

no thing was clipped to the inside of tank at top and the drip put into bag for 2 hours

Yeah I saw it later. What’s your salinity tho?

 

[2021 reefer]

1.025

Oh ok… this is puzzling no idea what’s causing it