So I dipped corals...then...ugh

BassSoLow · Dec 30, 2018

So I dipped a couple new corals yesterday using revive.

This morning I woke up to find my Royal Gramma and Yellow Blenny dead. They were both out and very active yesterday. My water parameter were good too.

Anyone else ever see this happen?

Idoc · Dec 30, 2018

Did you rinse the corals after dipping, prior to putting them into the tank?

BassSoLow · Dec 30, 2018

Idoc said:
Did you rinse the corals after dipping, prior to putting them into the tank?

I followed the instructions on the bottle. It did not say to do that.

DSC reef · Dec 30, 2018

No matter what dip you choose you should always rinse really well in seperate salt water before putting back in the display tank. Not sure if it's the reason your fish died or just a coincidence. Sorry for the loss.

Reef man 89 · Dec 30, 2018

Always always always rinse after dip no matter what the bottle says!!!

Smo · Dec 30, 2018

Sorry for your loss. What size tank and were these the only fish it?

BassSoLow · Dec 30, 2018

Okay, just went to my LFS. Pretty upset with them. I guess the guy that did my water test a week ago was new there and read it incorrectly. They did a new test and some of my parameters were off and the tank was not ready for new fish. Feel like the let me drop $150 bucks just to get my money now. Pretty upset. Investing in my own test supplies today. I trust myself.

BassSoLow · Dec 30, 2018

Thank you for the feedback everyone. I’m new at corals, so I will make sure to do that in the future for sure. Thanks!

declanisadog · Dec 30, 2018

What parameters were so off that they were killing fish?

Smo · Dec 30, 2018

BassSoLow said:
Okay, just went to my LFS. Pretty upset with them. I guess the guy that did my water test a week ago was new there and read it incorrectly. They did a new test and some of my parameters were off and the tank was not ready for new fish. Feel like the let me drop $150 bucks just to get my money now. Pretty upset. Investing in my own test supplies today. I trust myself.

Yep, a valuable lesson learned here. No matter how well intentioned...you can only trust what you test yourself.

jabberwock · Dec 30, 2018

BassSoLow said:
Thank you for the feedback everyone. I’m new at corals, so I will make sure to do that in the future for sure. Thanks!

Get your fish going first. Don't rush into corals. Corals should go in a better established tank. Yeah, get your own test kit.

Always take what the LFS says with a grain of salt. Mine told me it would be "totally fine" to put a neon dottyback into my 32 gallon cube with 3 other "peaceful" fish...

Rjukan · Dec 30, 2018

Just curious but when did you set up the tank? Is the snowflake clown still alive? From a previous post I noticed a 6 line died recently too. I would hold off on buying anything else and let the tank settle in a bit. 13.5g is a hard size to manage since it's a small volume of water, parameters can change pretty quickly.

DSC reef · Dec 30, 2018

BassSoLow said:
Thank you for the feedback everyone. I’m new at corals, so I will make sure to do that in the future for sure. Thanks!

That's what were all here for, any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

BassSoLow · Dec 30, 2018

declanisadog said:
What parameters were so off that they were killing fish?

PH was low and my nitrates/nitrites were off.

jabberwock · Dec 30, 2018

BassSoLow said:
PH was low and my nitrates/nitrites were off.

When you get your test kits, keep a log of results. It is very helpful to visualize and document what is going on.

BassSoLow · Dec 30, 2018

Anything I should do with the coral now? Re-dip them and them and then rinse? Or should I just let them be?

BassSoLow · Dec 30, 2018

Eagle 2 said:
Just curious but when did you set up the tank? Is the snowflake clown still alive? From a previous post I noticed a 6 line died recently too. I would hold off on buying anything else and let the tank settle in a bit. 13.5g is a hard size to manage since it's a small volume of water, parameters can change pretty quickly.

Tank was set up in mid-November. The clown is fine. He’s zipping around without issue.

BassSoLow · Dec 30, 2018

jabberwock said:
Get your fish going first. Don't rush into corals. Corals should go in a better established tank. Yeah, get your own test kit.

Always take what the LFS says with a grain of salt. Mine told me it would be "totally fine" to put a neon dottyback into my 32 gallon cube with 3 other "peaceful" fish...

Should I return the ones I have?