Problem with LFS

[prettypearl08]

My experience with one our LFS has been terrible. All the fish I have ever purchased from the have died within a day or so never actually making it out of the quarantine take and into to one of our display tank. Could this mean that the fish were sick to begin with and what could kill a fish in a day like this? All of my other fish and coral the were ordered from other places have been doing great. I decided to try this LFS again after not buying from them since my last tragedy in April. I decided to purchase a Bi-Color Angel on Monday acclimated him and put him into the quarantine tank. And when I turned the lights on Tuesday morning it was struggling to swim and this is not the first fish purchased from this particular LFS that has done this. I had a Scopas Tang, Blue Tang and few more that had done this as well and all were purchased from this particular LFS.

What could it be?

 

[Sk8r]

You're not acclimating over 30 minutes, right? All fish were into qt and swimming within 30 minutes?

 

[gillies]

Just speculating, but maybe they aren't QTing their stock before displaying for purchase. Perhaps the fish just came in and have not settled into a captive environment. If this is your only local source for livestock, perhaps you could make arrangements with them for a refundable deposit on a fish you like and get them to hold it for a reasonable amount of time to see if it lives and get a chance to watch it eat. This advice is worth just what you paid for it.

 

[mille239]

My experience with one our LFS has been terrible. All the fish I have ever purchased from the have died within a day or so never actually making it out of the quarantine take and into to one of our display tank. Could this mean that the fish were sick to begin with and what could kill a fish in a day like this? All of my other fish and coral the were ordered from other places have been doing great. I decided to try this LFS again after not buying from them since my last tragedy in April. I decided to purchase a Bi-Color Angel on Monday acclimated him and put him into the quarantine tank. And when I turned the lights on Tuesday morning it was struggling to swim and this is not the first fish purchased from this particular LFS that has done this. I had a Scopas Tang, Blue Tang and few more that had done this as well and all were purchased from this particular LFS.

What could it be?

Well first off, I would stop buying more fish from there. Many times the shock of introduction into a new system (even if the water qualty is good) can cause problems and rapid mortality if not acclimated properly. Assuming your Q-tank is in line (good water parameters) and you are properly acclimating your new purchases from that store, I would be very wary of making another purchase from them.

 

[Martie]

I have had similar experience with LFS here, decided to check water parameters directly from the bag and found:

 

[syrinx]

If the fish look healthy to the eye at the store- and many have died within a day- I would question the QT tank or acclimation process. What size is the QT? filtration,length of time set up and water parameters?

 

[Martie]

his salt level very low. Changed acclimation procedure which improved survival rate but now I try to buy only dry goods from him. Sorry for two posts - darn'd fingers...

 

[psykobowler]

The lfs had their setup in hyposalinity and maybe even partly Coppered. I would just lower your salinity down and increase slowly. I know a lot of people blaming lfs before looking at their own setup.

 

[olemiss reb]

Quit going to that LFS. What part of LA are you in?

 

[geaux xman]

check the sp. gravity from the LFS.

if hes running 1.018 and you're at 1.025, that could shock the fish pretty good.