Evansi Anthias Dead

Portsie

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Hi all, I hadn't seen the fish in a couple of days, so I decided to move a couple rocks and found it dead at the bottom of the tank. I checked parameters and there is a slight ammonia spike, less than .25 but impossible to be precise with crappy API kit. Nitrates/nitrites 0, sg 1.026, temp 79, he was a fussy eater when I got him about a month and a half ago, but lately has been eating mysis and cyclopeeze soaked in garlic guard. After I got him I began feeding a bit more heavily resulting in a small hair algae outbreak, I reduced feeding from twice a day to once every couple of days. He still looked fat, not sunken in it all. Tank mates include 2 tomatoe clowns, one spot fox face, mandarin, cuc, cleaner shrimp. 72g bow, no sump or skimmer, canister with chemipure elite. There was a small chunk of him missing when I pulled him out but no fin damage and I had never seem him fight with any one in the tank. Any idea what could have happened? And should I be worried about the ammonia or just let it settle back on its own. Thanks.
 
Any advice? Now the fox face is acting strange. Usually he constantly swims all over the tank, for the last few hours he has been hiding out. I threw some pellets in and he came out to eat.
 
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