Massive fail- utterly devastated

[JonPhillips]

So I thought I would be the craiglist hero again and get a great deal on some fish. Well, I did and I didn't...

I think she called it an anathest? Anyways, it looks like a giant starfish with long poky tentaicals. It was tucked under the last rock I was pulling up in emptying her 80g. They were moving out of state and did not want to move the fish. There went my score. Like an idiot I put the rock with the poky thing seemingly happily tucked underneath its rocky home in the bucket with mature hippo tang, fox face, file fish, hippo tang, and a powder brown tang. None of them survived.

I believe they were stung to death all the 3.5 hrs. home. Opened the lid and no movement. They all looked burned...

I'm burned. Seriously want to cry. Went through a ton of effort today and was giddy thinking about how those big beauties would fill up my tank. Nothing.

Here I was going to brag on my deal...this guy, moron!

 

[glb]

I'm so sorry about your fish. What a tough day. :(

 

[shelli]

So sorry that sure would suck.

 

[NeuroticAquatics]

That stinks.

 

[JonPhillips]

[currently inserting non-family friendly words to describe whatever in the world these are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!] :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

 

[Kershaw]

They are brittle stars. And I have never heard of them stinging fish

 

[Kershaw]

Smaller one serpent star again do not sting.

 

[JonPhillips]

They are brittle stars. And I have never heard of them stinging fish

Then what the heck man?

 

[Chris Adams]

Serpent(as kershaw mentioned) and brittle stars never known them to be in any way harmful to fish

 

[Kershaw]

Maybe it was the stressed Foxface that stung all the fish

 

[JonPhillips]

Smaller one serpent star again do not sting.

Why did all my fish look burned, like they had been dead a while.....?

 

[JonPhillips]

Maybe it was the stressed Foxface that stung all the fish

But he also looked burned...

 

[Kershaw]

Any pictures of the deceased fish

 

[JonPhillips]

Only the brittles survived.

 

[JonPhillips]

Any pictures of the deceased fish

I guess....:(

 

[Rob.D]

I agree, were the rocks in the tanks moved around to get the fish out and then you used the water from the tank to transport the fish?

 

[Kershaw]

I'm just guessing. But maybe some toxic stuff got Stired up. With out more info. Hard to say.

 

[JonPhillips]

Any pictures of the deceased fish

There was a large clam in there too.

 

[Chris Adams]

Could there have been anything in the bucket? Chemical?

 

[JonPhillips]

I agree, were the rocks in the tanks moved around to get the fish out and then you used the water from the tank to transport the fish?

Not in that bucket. I was careful not to irrupt a gas chamber. and two clowns in another bucket full of rock and tank water made it...