Purple tang died during acclimation

[mqur1963]

I had my 7 inch purple tang in my qt tank he was eating very good when i move him to bucket in the bucket same water same temp he poop and died of schock or heart attack


did any one had this issue i lost beautifull fish.


He came in 10 days ago in so cold temp but i canot believed just moving in to bucket he died.

 

[duromega]

sorry for your lost
I have never hear a similar case

 

[ChrisB]

How long was he in qt for?

 

[jdino]

That sucks. Such a nice fish, not to mention $$

I never heard of that before

 

[jcdeng]

did u rinse the bucket b4 u use it?

 

[mqur1963]

yes I did rinse and it was my water change bucket and it was in QT for 1o days and I had sohail tang 5 inch in there also he start to pick on sohail tang so I decided to move him to my DT which is 240 gal and he never made it

 

[Dre]

It happen to a Naso tang i had for almost a year.

 

[Elflaco112]

What size is your QT? If it's a small QT Check your levels in there. Maybe having two big fish in there could've raised ammonia and caused some type of health problem to the purple tang. Don't see why he would die just like that during acclimation. That sucks to lose a purple that big.

 

[jcdeng]

how long did it take for the fish to go from being alive to being stiff?

 

[mqur1963]

2 second

 

[mqur1963]

70 gal QT AND 29 GAL WITH SOCK NO IT IS NOT AMONIA BECAUSE QT LIVE THRU HURICAN SANDY AND I LOST 5k WOTH IN MY DT tank NOW I HAVE 2 GENERATOR I STILL HAVE CLOWN TRIGER IN THERE AND FEW CLOWN FISH AND SOHAIL TANG

 

[jaa1456]

How long was it in the bucket with the poop?

 

[jcdeng]

that goes into the mystery book. 2 seconds? I can't think of anything that can kill a fish that fast except freezing/boiling water or hydrochloric acid.

 

[NYreefNoob]

i have had a fish that was swimming and eating, caught it and soon as i dropped it into bag it died, i would guess a heart attach or simular. lol ask house of laughter

 

[d5332]

damnnnnn, i have had fish in fresh water dips that I forget about and find them millk white from shock and survive.

The only thing I can think of is poisining if it truly died that quickly.

 

[Alexm8856]

I lost about 800 dollars in fish during a transfer last week including 7 inch purple tang still depress

 

[Moneymaks24]

D5332 that's jus messed up. How do u forget a fish in fresh water like c'mon

 

[d5332]

Not on purpose, kids steal your attention and before you know bammm, however my pez always alive at the end of the process

Diego

 

[mqur1963]

my only conclusion is heart attack because other fish came in today and living and eating in same QT include CLOWN AND clown trigger

 

[homegrowncichlid]

I've had fish/ inverts die suddenly like that due to drastic pH change.
1. freshwater cherry shrimps, which were happy in the bag, then I dumped them into the bucket I used for saltwater changes. Dead in seconds.
2. uncured hydraulic cement mix (building reef rock) placed in tank, pH spiked within minutes and all my fish sunk to the bottom with rapid breathing. Some never regain buoyancy.
3. First time I set up a saltwater tank, noob mistake, added salt directly to the main tank since salinity was low. Just mixing it in the sump... sailfin tang in main tank died within a minute.


OH, There are a few species of African cichlids that also shock and die from this heart attack (fear?) and finally the bait fish spearing that I net, seem to die as soon as I catch them out of the net... freshly netted then as I throw them back into the water, they are just floating and not breathing.