sudden death

In this hobby you'll sometimes get new fish that mysteriously within 24 hours of being added to your tank. There's a couple of factors that can play into this as to why they would pass suddenly, which I will list below. Acclimation stress - The fish are acclimated too fast, and the stress can...

Hi All, I know things like this get asked a lot but I haven't found an answer to help me yet. I'm essentially in the beginning stages of setting up my first saltwater tank (I have a blog thread on my profile if you want to see everything. It has a lot of detailed parameters/hiccups I've been...

Hello, I unfortunately lost a 2+ year old Royal Gramma to some unknown issue. Up until about a week ago, it was actively eating, swimming out and about, and looked perfect and vibrant. One morning I noticed it didn't come out for food, thought it was strange, but didn't think about it. As the...

Hey guys so i have just lost both of my clowns today. I have had them for about 2,5 months and they have been thriving eating and not showing any signs of sickness at any point until today. So this morning when i got up my smallest clown was laying on the sand breathing heavy, i fed the tank to...

Hey guys, new reefer here. SO last night one of our 2 Banggai Cardinals died. Here's the timeline, 4:30 - roommate arrives home and both cardinal fish are swimming normally 8:00 - I notice one cardinal is missing. Find it on bottom side of tank gasping rapidly 9:00 - fed tank and all fish...

After the fishes' dinner tonight I was sitting in the living room, reading, when I heard a loud splash, bang, splash. I looked up and saw my Carpenter's wrasse struggling. By the time I got to the tank he was laying on the sand. I picked him up and put him in the current from a powerhead to...