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I have noticed a trend and don't know if what I am thinking is correct. I have bought 5 fish from SWF and have 2 left. One died because it jumped out of the tank (it was a firefish), 2 died for unknown reasons other than a new tank. Months later I started adding fish from a LFS. I have bought 8 fish and 6 have died for unknown reasons. Here is the list in the order they were added.
FROM SWF these were added first just after the cycle
1 Percula clown (still swimming)
3 Green Chromis (1 still swimming, 2 died within 12 hours)
1 red firefish (made a big jump and missed the refugium)
FROM LFS the first ones were added a month or so after the ones from SWF
Sailfin Tang (I think it was full grown, it was bigger than any others I have seen in stores. I also know that it shouldn't have been in
a 55 gallon tank. Lesson learned. it died)
Diamond Gobie (died, failed to thrive I guess. it got skinny and died)
Lawnmower Blennie (looked healthy but died for unknown reason)
1 starry blennie (added about 1 month after the sailfin and lawnmower died) (died within 2 days of adding anthias and engineer gobie)
Catalina (red striped gobie with pistol shrimp) 2 months after sailfin and lawnmower died
2 Anthias (1 went straight to the bottom and never came out, died hours later)
1 Engineer Gobie (died within 24 hours)
Here is what I have left.
1 Percula Clown from SWF (started with this)
1 Green Chromis from SWF (started with this)
1 Catalina from LFS
1 Anthia from LFS
I was at another store and found that they had a new diamond gobie and the one I had from the store in question was three times the size of this one. I also found a sailfin that mine was probably 5 times the size of. I wondered if the store I was getting my fish from is selling old fish. I like supporting the LFS but am wondering if I should change that. I called the LFS owner about the Anthias and he said that he would give me a 10% discount if I bought the other Anthia he had left but he did not guarantee his fish. I asked him even it the fish sunk to the bottom, then was crab food by morning. I even called him as soon as the fish hit the water and acted funny, he told me that they tend to hide for a couple weeks sometimes. I sold him some xenia for cheap that he sold for profit while I was still in the store and all he will do for me is a 10% discount on one cheap fish. I am thinking I should stop dealing with this store but don't want to make that decision if it is just something that I may be over reacting to.
What would you do if you bought 8 fish from a store and 6 have died for unexplained reasons that fast?
Everything else looks good. Water changes weekly, feeding every 2 or 3 days, no bad algae outbreak, make up water is from RO, top of water is RO, sump/refugium, filter sock (changed regularly), chaeto in fuge. Corals are growing and look good. PH fluctuates a little in the morning (8.2 to 7.9 at worst) DT lights come on and PH is 8.2, Light schedule is actinis 8 hours, daylight 6, fuge 8 hours when DT lights are off. Temp is 83-82. Nitrites 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrates 0 - 5 but no higher than 5, Calcium 440 but goes up when PH is lower. I have thought of everything I know and can't figure out why it would be me loosing only the fish from the LFS.
FROM SWF these were added first just after the cycle
1 Percula clown (still swimming)
3 Green Chromis (1 still swimming, 2 died within 12 hours)
1 red firefish (made a big jump and missed the refugium)
FROM LFS the first ones were added a month or so after the ones from SWF
Sailfin Tang (I think it was full grown, it was bigger than any others I have seen in stores. I also know that it shouldn't have been in
a 55 gallon tank. Lesson learned. it died)
Diamond Gobie (died, failed to thrive I guess. it got skinny and died)
Lawnmower Blennie (looked healthy but died for unknown reason)
1 starry blennie (added about 1 month after the sailfin and lawnmower died) (died within 2 days of adding anthias and engineer gobie)
Catalina (red striped gobie with pistol shrimp) 2 months after sailfin and lawnmower died
2 Anthias (1 went straight to the bottom and never came out, died hours later)
1 Engineer Gobie (died within 24 hours)
Here is what I have left.
1 Percula Clown from SWF (started with this)
1 Green Chromis from SWF (started with this)
1 Catalina from LFS
1 Anthia from LFS
I was at another store and found that they had a new diamond gobie and the one I had from the store in question was three times the size of this one. I also found a sailfin that mine was probably 5 times the size of. I wondered if the store I was getting my fish from is selling old fish. I like supporting the LFS but am wondering if I should change that. I called the LFS owner about the Anthias and he said that he would give me a 10% discount if I bought the other Anthia he had left but he did not guarantee his fish. I asked him even it the fish sunk to the bottom, then was crab food by morning. I even called him as soon as the fish hit the water and acted funny, he told me that they tend to hide for a couple weeks sometimes. I sold him some xenia for cheap that he sold for profit while I was still in the store and all he will do for me is a 10% discount on one cheap fish. I am thinking I should stop dealing with this store but don't want to make that decision if it is just something that I may be over reacting to.
What would you do if you bought 8 fish from a store and 6 have died for unexplained reasons that fast?
Everything else looks good. Water changes weekly, feeding every 2 or 3 days, no bad algae outbreak, make up water is from RO, top of water is RO, sump/refugium, filter sock (changed regularly), chaeto in fuge. Corals are growing and look good. PH fluctuates a little in the morning (8.2 to 7.9 at worst) DT lights come on and PH is 8.2, Light schedule is actinis 8 hours, daylight 6, fuge 8 hours when DT lights are off. Temp is 83-82. Nitrites 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrates 0 - 5 but no higher than 5, Calcium 440 but goes up when PH is lower. I have thought of everything I know and can't figure out why it would be me loosing only the fish from the LFS.
