Fish die within 24 hours!!!

[CJBROWN]

Seems like a LOT of stock, but I dunno. I have a 75 that has been up and running for about three years and no fish die on introduction. I had a melanaris wrasse that got skinny over a couple of years and finally died off, then added a smaller 5-stripe wrasse, he's fat and happy. I have four fish total in a 75, a yellow tang, mated clowns, and the new hawaiian wrasse. I had one cleaner shrimp and have recently added two more and two red lobsters (shrimp). There are a couple of dozen hermits and a dozen snails for cuc. Water parameters are pretty much rock steady.

I've seen some tanks that look to me like they have WAY too many fish in them.

For acclimating fish I use a drip tube, silicone line with a valve to adjust flow, I will double to triple the volume of water in the bag over about a 40-60 minute period, then release the fish into the tank. I have never had an issue acclimating fish into my tank.

 

[Tjsmoot]

Could the way the fish are collected affect how long they live? If you can, ask your LFS if they know how the fish get collected, are at the wholesaler, and shipped to the LFS. Maybe somewhere in that process something is going wrong

 

[CReyes350]

Is the yellow tang aggressive any? Maybe you have a killer fish in your hands?

 

[nitr8]

Is the yellow tang aggressive any? Maybe you have a killer fish in your hands?

Not that I've noticed. It seems to be pretty docile.

 

[humaguy]

how is the oxygen in the tank?
is the surface being churned-up and broken?

 

[Angelfish rule]

This stinks
I would have fish die for no reason and they would eat great at the LFS and when I take them home they don't eat and die.
Ever since I switched lfs's I have not had 1 fish die in just over a year?
Might want to find a LFS that you have never bought from and see if that will work as it did for me

 

[CJBROWN]

It is plain to see that you just need to take the baby out of the bucket before you put your fish or corals in it.


:idea:

 

[nitr8]

how is the oxygen in the tank?
is the surface being churned-up and broken?

I believe the oxygen levels are okay. My tank uses a herbie style coast-2-coast external overflow, about an 80x turnover rate and the surface is heavily agitated.

This stinks
I would have fish die for no reason and they would eat great at the LFS and when I take them home they don't eat and die.
Ever since I switched lfs's I have not had 1 fish die in just over a year?
Might want to find a LFS that you have never bought from and see if that will work as it did for me

I just picked up a clown from a local breeder. Thanks Iggy!!!

It is plain to see that you just need to take the baby out of the bucket before you put your fish or corals in it.

:idea:

What baby? That fish was expensive.

 

[MikeandNicole]

I'm sorry to hear that you are still having these problems.
Have you ever tried to introduce the fish with an acclimation box? When the fish die, is there anything visibly wrong with them?

Is it possible that the bucket isn't the problem, but maybe the drip line is? How much water volume are you dripping into the bucket in comparison to how much you bring home from the store?

It is strange that your inverts are fine and you are losing so many fish.

We once had a faulty refractometer, and it was reading normal 1.025, but the actual measurement was 1.018.

 

[jennmac415]

Wanting to follow this thread...I've hardly EVER lost a fish since starting this hobby in 2004...I've now lost 3 fish in 3 days....no ideas about why...so hoping for insight too.

 

[nitr8]

So far so good. The last two fish ive added have been good. No acclimation. Directly from the bag to my fuge for a few days then into the display.

 

[nitr8]

Still good. I'm three for three now. Thanks everyone.