My hippo blue tang died

[813Reefs]

My hippo blue tang died 5 days after purchase i left bag floating for about 3 min slowly introduced tank water into cup before dumping
Was eating good for first 2 days was getting along with other fish in the tank they will all interact with each swimming and picking sand together I woke up this morning didn’t see the tang out and swimming or where she would sleep lights went out about 2 hours went by I went to the tank to have a look and she was laying on the floor I believe my cleaner shrimp pulled her out from where ever she was hiding

 

[813Reefs]

My hippo blue tang died 5 days after purchase i left bag floating for about 3 min slowly introduced tank water into cup before dumping
Was eating good for first 2 days was getting along with other fish in the tank they will all interact with each swimming and picking sand together I woke up this morning didn’t see the tang out and swimming or where she would sleep lights went out about 2 hours went by I went to the tank to have a look and she was laying on the floor I believe my cleaner shrimp pulled her out from where ever she was hiding

Also she was about 1inch

 

[ReefCity.Ldn]

From what I learnt In the short period of time in this hobby, hippo tangs are really easy to mess up when introducing to a tank.

I quarantined him for 2 weeks ( I know it should be 4).
Just to make him used to my feeding times and to observe if he was eating fine and so on.
Once he was read,
I floated the bag for 20mins and then done a drip acclimate method over 40mins.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Did he look or act off in any way? Swimming into flow, breathing fast, etc?

 

[LilsReefTank]

My hippo blue tang died 5 days after purchase i left bag floating for about 3 min slowly introduced tank water into cup before dumping
Was eating good for first 2 days was getting along with other fish in the tank they will all interact with each swimming and picking sand together I woke up this morning didn’t see the tang out and swimming or where she would sleep lights went out about 2 hours went by I went to the tank to have a look and she was laying on the floor I believe my cleaner shrimp pulled her out from where ever she was hiding

Aw shoooo, I’m so sorry to hear that

maybe she was just too young and sensitive. One inch is really a baby baby.