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Actually, it sounds more like stress, or perhaps - like you said, they didn't eat enough and became weak and easy pray for others. I've had bigger fish - like yellow tangs, suffer similar faiths, and I never figured out exactly why. I think that perhaps I wasn't patient enough aclamating them...

I actually removed my sand. My tank is about 100gal, so to minimize the shock to the fish I did it over three water changes (there is a lot of stuff in that sand, like nutrients and other things, which if suddenly removed might mess up the balance of the tank) . First couple of times I took out...

Thank you everyone. It is a tough hobby to get a full grasp on, and such mistakes only serve as (expensive) reminders. Based on the size of the tank (about 100gal on top plus the refugium) I was told I would be more than fine hosting that many fish. I acclimate the fish using the drip method...

I've had my tank set up for almost two years. It is aprox 100 gal refugium tank. All in all everything is smooth, and all my older fish (a blood tomato clown, a pajama razz) are doing fine. But any new fish I add die! I added 5 yellow tangs (at once) and three died (over a period of two weeks)...