Hi, new here and new to reef-keeping.
I got 2 tank raised clownfish on Thursday and they have been doing great, they have been eating and calmly exploring their tank. Last night I added a hammertip coral (first coral in the tank), which is also doing great and 2 hermit crabs + 2 nasarrius snails. Everything was fine, last night the clownfish were pigging out per usual, bright colouring, swimming around, and they were interested in the coral, I saw them nip at it a few times before I went to bed. Woke up this morning and one of them was very white on one side and its fin looked quite deteriorated, and it was swimming sideways, within 2 hours of me waking up it was dead. I tried to get a picture but it was tough on my camera.
Just tested and nitrite was a bit on the high side at 0.5, nitrates are 25, and ammonia is sitting at 0.
Any ideas of what happened?
EDITED TO ADD: My other clownfish is completely normal, bright colours, eating a lot, and swimming, it does have a nip in one fin and I just noticed the other one is clamped.
I got 2 tank raised clownfish on Thursday and they have been doing great, they have been eating and calmly exploring their tank. Last night I added a hammertip coral (first coral in the tank), which is also doing great and 2 hermit crabs + 2 nasarrius snails. Everything was fine, last night the clownfish were pigging out per usual, bright colouring, swimming around, and they were interested in the coral, I saw them nip at it a few times before I went to bed. Woke up this morning and one of them was very white on one side and its fin looked quite deteriorated, and it was swimming sideways, within 2 hours of me waking up it was dead. I tried to get a picture but it was tough on my camera.
Just tested and nitrite was a bit on the high side at 0.5, nitrates are 25, and ammonia is sitting at 0.
Any ideas of what happened?
EDITED TO ADD: My other clownfish is completely normal, bright colours, eating a lot, and swimming, it does have a nip in one fin and I just noticed the other one is clamped.
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