i lost my first fish this morning

[dlight692000]

yesterday i was lookin at my reef tank with my gf, and when i looked at the temp gauge it read 72 and normall it is at a steady 80, then i noticed the heater was out of the water, so if the water level was that low the salinty had to be through the roof,,, so i checked it.. 1.030 i added 3 gallons of water and it went to 1.024 , i saw that my convict tang wasnt doing well so i put him in my 30l that is soon to be a reef, and this morning he died, and i dont know why, this morning when i goto work iam gonna pick up a yellow coris wrasse, and see how he does.

 

[jimi]

He most likely died from the stress of lowering your salinity so fast then moving him to another tank. You probably should have lowered the salinity over the course of a full day or two and not moved him at all.

 

[fender]

Sorry for your loss.
The drop in water level had to occur over time, so next time remember to add it back over time.
Also you may want to take a good look at that heater, a heater that runs out of water is probably cooked.

 

[blueberryboomer]

Sorry for your loss! Lisa

 

[dlight692000]

actually the salt when high... i didnt drop .. it went from 1.023 to 1.030 and the temp went down to 72, my wrasse is fine but my neon dottyback died when i got back from workin at the lfs today. i hope my brain, polypds and clam are fine, tomorrow the mh is arriving so it should help out