Ok...what's going on? New fish loss(es)

[24storm]

I do the same thing. As soon as the water temp is the same i dump them in and i have had no loses.

[Myka]

Hmmm...must just be coincidence then. I dump the water out of the container so that there is only about 1" over the top of the fish. Maybe it stresses them out a bit, but I can't imagine it would kill them 36 hours later...?

[Pan]

Originally Posted by Myka

Hmmm...must just be coincidence then. I dump the water out of the container so that there is only about 1" over the top of the fish. Maybe it stresses them out a bit, but I can't imagine it would kill them 36 hours later...?

Stress is weird with fish. I've been doing it awhile and there a lot of fish deaths i've seen (personally and others) that could only be traced back to stress (well not exactly). But if they are sick or immune system is weak, or cyanide caught etc. Stress seems to be able to kill them quickly in minutes or slowly in a week or so. They seem to never recover. Fish do just die, and without a microscope and a trained background we are often at a loss. It sucks, but it is one of those things. I'm sure almost everyone has an unexplained fish loss. I find moving a fish, depending on what kind ..say a potters angel..to a hospital tank or something has the potential to kill from stress. Look at the ich outbreak of a tang in a display tank, then move him to a smaller QT or Hospital tank and you will notice a big increase, with treatment obviously goes away but not always. Tangs are quite skittish that way. But humans are the same..there are people you can't scare if you wanted to, then the people that lose it whenyou say boo. A completely new environment sometimes three or 4 new places all in the span of a couple weeks i think has more of an effect than most people would like to admit. That being said if the other fish in the display are doing okay...watch them for any signs of anything, in case a pathogen was released into your display from the fish who died. If you see signs put them in a Hospital tank. Try and figure out what it could be, and treat. If they look fine i wouldn't worry about it., aside from it always sucks to lose fish ( i miss my potters angel, stupid tangs) there is not much you can do now


EDIT: WOW, Next Time I will Format it...maybe make a paragraph or two.

[Myka]

I think maybe you're right about the Jawfish. He was also in the bag to get to my place for about 30 hours.

Clownfish...they're weird. My Perc was supposed to be captive bred, but who knows. I find clownfish often get that clamped fin thing, and never return. I've seen that a lot when I've worked at various fish stores. I've always dubbed it Clownfish Disease. I've tried a few different methods of pre-treating clownfish, but haven't found anything that worked with any sort of conviction.