Scorpion killed my fish?

[NMdesertReefer]

So I would like to share a story. A while back I had finished doing a fishless cycle for about 30 days, my parameters looked good so I decided to buy some fish for my tank, I went to the big box store that's all we have here. I bought three blue green chromis, I followed the typical acclimation procedure and I added them to my tank. One died within days then about a week later another died so I was left just with one he was doing really good eating and swimming normal. One day I got home and he was dead at the bottom of the tank, I started checking all parameters and they seemed good I looked in the sump and there was a scorpion dead floating around, he was about 2" long here in South East New Mexico scorpions don't kill people they say if you get stung it hurts as much as a bee sting. So would it be possible the scorpion released he's poison into the water when he was drowning and killed my fish or was just a coincidence? What do you guys think?

 

[cancun]

Yikes!!! I am glad we don't have those in the Midwest! I think anything is possible! A unique situation for sure.....

 

[Travv]

Did it look like this?

"https://nmpoisoncenter.unm.edu/education/pub-ed/pp_tip_pages/venom_things.html"

 

[Travv]

I know it says it's usually found in Southwest New Mexico, but you never know! Likes damp, dark areas too.

 

[mort]

It could of just caused an ammonia spike that killed the fish rather than released its venom. Crazy and unique situation though.

 

[Waters]

Scorpions voluntarily release their venom (and can control how much they release, sometimes stinging without releasing any) so I guess anything is possible? I would think it would be pretty diluted in a tank full of water but who knows. Definitely strange lol.

 

[NMdesertReefer]

Did it look like this?

"https://nmpoisoncenter.unm.edu/education/pub-ed/pp_tip_pages/venom_things.html"

No it wasn't one of those this one was skinnier and more of a white color

 

[jd371]

Out of all the insects Scorpions really give me the heebie jeebies. My mother was stung by a Scorpion when she was young, told me it was the worst pain she has ever felt.