The saltwater tank lights turned on this morning and revealed that my clowns had passed :violin:. I have no idea what happened to them, one was stuck to the intake of a power head and the other was on the sand in the grips of a hermit crab. I took them out and frantically looked for the other inhabitants which consist of 2 hermits, 1 tiger pistol shrimp, 1 watchman goby and 1 skunk cleaner shrimp. Thankfully everyone else appears happy and healthy. My clowns weren't bonded yet, were still deciding who would be female etc so could they have just fought to the death with neither coming out victorious? They had no outward signs of ich, velvet, or anything I could detect myself. The black one had been chewed on by the hermit so torn fins were present, just not sure if it was after he had passed or before.
Other than the critters listed above, I have nothing else in the tank (no coral or anything) so right now it's just a FOWLR. Been waiting until my tank matured so that I could add an anemone, have it choose a nice spot and go from there etc.
Ph -8.2
NitrAte-0
NitrIte-0
Ammonia-0
Temperature -80.0
Edit: I've had the clowns since late June.
Other than the critters listed above, I have nothing else in the tank (no coral or anything) so right now it's just a FOWLR. Been waiting until my tank matured so that I could add an anemone, have it choose a nice spot and go from there etc.
Ph -8.2
NitrAte-0
NitrIte-0
Ammonia-0
Temperature -80.0
Edit: I've had the clowns since late June.
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