Dead fire fish help!

[Nanobros]

Alright I have a 14 gallon Biocube. 1 clown fish and 1 dragonet. I just added a fire fish 2 days ago and he was doing fine. I fed the fish and coral some mysis shrimp and he ate it. He was swimming around and stuff. But yesterday he was out until about noon then we went to a side of a rock where he slept last night. He stayed there for the rest of the day and I wake up this morning and he's dead. Not sure why....

 

[EthanHawaii]

I'm really sorry for your loss, I absolutely hate it when things like this happen to me. I honestly have no clue as to what happened and hopefully someone with more experience on this issue can help.

One thing I know foreshore is if the fish is still in there GET IT OUT! It can spick your ammonia and possibly crash your tank.

 

[lifeoffaith]

I'm really sorry for your loss, I absolutely hate it when things like this happen to me. I honestly have no clue as to what happened and hopefully someone with more experience on this issue can help.

One thing I know foreshore is if the fish is still in there GET IT OUT! It can spick your ammonia and possibly crash your tank.

+1, especially in a small tank like that. That being said, if it's dead and you have hermit crabs, they should take care of it pretty quickly I would think. I would also ask how you know for sure it is dead. Firefish are very skiddish and will often hide for days.

That being said, the FIRST thing you need to do is take the dragonnet back to the store. It will positively, absolutely starve in your tank. They require live food as a majority of their diet, and your tank will not support enough pods to feed it.

Also, I would say you are pushing it for bioload in your tank. How long has the tank been set up, and what are your parameters?

 

[ThRoewer]

Another major issue here is that there was no quarantine done. A new fish can come with all kinds of nasty surprises attached, so you always want to keep it isolated for 2 months to avoid importing a deadly disease or parasite into your display tank.
In your case a 5 gallon tank should be sufficient as all the fish you can add to your DT will be small.

As for the dragonet, it requires a lot of knowledge, dedication and skills to keep them in a nano tank. On the other hand they are very easy to keep in a large and well established reef tank with lots of rock crevices and plenty of pods. In such a setting they require no attention at all.

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[snorvich]

Another major issue here is that there was no quarantine done. A new fish can come with all kinds of nasty surprises attached, so you always want to keep it isolated for 2 months to avoid importing a deadly disease or parasite into your display tank.
In your case a 5 gallon tank should be sufficient as all the fish you can add to your DT will be small.

As for the dragonet, it requires a lot of knowledge, dedication and skills to keep them in a nano tank. On the other hand they are very easy to keep in a large and well established reef tank with lots of rock crevices and plenty of pods. In such a setting they require no attention at all.

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what he said.

 

[Sandybw1]

+1

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[Nanobros]

+1, especially in a small tank like that. That being said, if it's dead and you have hermit crabs, they should take care of it pretty quickly I would think. I would also ask how you know for sure it is dead. Firefish are very skiddish and will often hide for days.

That being said, the FIRST thing you need to do is take the dragonnet back to the store. It will positively, absolutely starve in your tank. They require live food as a majority of their diet, and your tank will not support enough pods to feed it.

Also, I would say you are pushing it for bioload in your tank. How long has the tank been set up, and what are your parameters?

Thanks! He was dead for sure dead. It didn't look like he has been dead for a long time. A crab was on him and I got him out as soon as I saw it. I also just did a water change just to be safe.

 

[Nanobros]

I'm really sorry for your loss, I absolutely hate it when things like this happen to me. I honestly have no clue as to what happened and hopefully someone with more experience on this issue can help.

One thing I know foreshore is if the fish is still in there GET IT OUT! It can spick your ammonia and possibly crash your tank.

I got him out as soon as I saw him. I also did a water change right after.

 

[CSalty]

Fire fish are one of the difficult beginner fish to feed when they first arrive in a new tank, but if they start eating they will most likely survive your tank.


SSgt Saltwater

 

[wrott]

Did you compare the SG of the bag water to your tank water?
If it was more than 0.004 different and you added it w/out proper acclimation, it is most likely the reason it died--osmotic shock. Or the clown stressed it enough to die, but they will usually jump to a rear chamber if that is the case.

 

[EthanHawaii]

That being said, the FIRST thing you need to do is take the dragonnet back to the store. It will positively, absolutely starve in your tank. They require live food as a majority of their diet, and your tank will not support enough pods to feed it.

Couldn't agree more, it will die if it is kept in that small of a tank.

Sorry I was to focused on the fire fish to say anything about the dragonet.