Dead Pygmy Hawkfish :(

[AlexVic]

Just as the title says my brand new Pygmy hawkish has died with in the first 24 hours. I order it online at reef beauties and never had any problems with them. It’s in a 15 gallon tank being the only fish. I also bought a coco worm, feather duster and snails and they seem to be doing fine. I honestly don’t know what killed it, the salinity is 1.024, temp is 78-79, and the ammonia is zero. If anybody has any idea it would be greatly appreciated.

 

[fishywishy]

How did you acclimate it?

 

[AlexVic]

How did you acclimate it?

Cup acclimation

 

[fishywishy]

Cup acclimation

For how long and how much did you add?

 

[AlexVic]

For how long and how much did you add?

30 mins I’m pretty sure 5-6 cups

 

[Steve and his Animals]

Looks skinny. Probably was too weak to deal with the stress of the whole shipping and acclimation process.

 

[Steve and his Animals]

Also you don't want to do add-water-to-water acclimation when you overnight fish, the ammonia that accumulates in the shipping water will do way more damage to the fish when it's oxygenated than just plopping it in the tank after temperature acclimation.

 

[AlexVic]

Looks skinny. Probably was too weak to deal with the stress of the whole shipping and acclimation process.

dang I even left work earlier to get it in my tank as fast as possible

 

[AlexVic]

Also you don't want to do add-water-to-water acclimation when you overnight fish, the ammonia that accumulates in the shipping water will do way more damage to the fish when it's oxygenated than just plopping it in the tank after temperature acclimation.

I’ve never had a problem doing this before. It’s my 7th time doing it

 

[Steve and his Animals]

I’ve never had a problem doing this before. It’s my 7th time doing it

Some fish can handle it, doesn't make it the best idea. Especially when you're dealing with smaller/more delicate fish.

 

[Tamberav]

Probably died from the stress of shipping. Potentially not healthy to begin with. Hard to say after death.