Lost a Damsel

skibug

skibug

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Well, my yellow tail damsel finally kicked the bucket. The problem I am having though is that he had no signs of disease. He simply was not active at all and stayed on the bottom pretty much all day yesterday. My other damsel was faded this morning also, but quickly got his color back after turning on the lights.
Water tested perfect two days ago. And I will test again when I get home from work today. What causes color fading in the fish? My percula clown seems to be doing perfect. And my Inverts also seem to be doing fine. I thought that the inverts would start showing signs of stress first if I had a problem but I guess not. I though damsels were the most hardy fish, but I am having more trouble with them over any thing else.
Any ideas?
20 Gallon
Live Rock and Sand
 
skibug

skibug

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ph - 8.2
nitrate - 0ppm
nitrite - 0ppm
amonia - 0ppm
temp - 78F
SG - 1.024
Tanks is 3 months old, but was purchased used and set back up the very next day with new water using the live sand and rock that was kept alive.
The poor fella was pale yesterday and had no energy. Woke up this morning to find him deceased. My other 3 stripe damsel looked pale this morning but, perked right back up and color came back after lights were on and it was feeding time. My yellow tail damsel was the smallest of the fish in the tank and usually got the scraps of what was lift after the clown and other damsel got a hold of the food. Could he have starved?
 
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