sadie Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I went away for the weekend, came home to a dead fish. Now I am fishless again.  😪 I was going to do a WC and feed a little heavy, told my husband not to do anything. I didn't get to do the WC (just did one on monday so wasn't too concerned), but forgot to feed. Not sure if that's why he died. The last 2 times I have left I lost something. Last month my frogspawn, this month my fish. Good thing I'm not going away for a long time. Quote Link to comment
Snow_Phoenix Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Sorry over your loss. Don't take it too hard - fish die over a multitude of reasons and marine fish are extremely sensitive by nature. What fish was it, if I might ask? 1 Quote Link to comment
sadie Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 I t was a clown. Just got him in July. Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 A healthy clownfish can usually go several days without food. Unless it was already malnourished, not feeding over the weekend wouldn't have caused its death. But still sorry that it died. Quote Link to comment
sadie Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, seabass said: A healthy clownfish can usually go several days without food. Unless it was already malnourished, not feeding over the weekend wouldn't have caused its death. But still sorry that it died. thanks. I didn't think it would be a big deal. I just posted a food question in the fish section. i am wondering if the food I was feeding him isn't nutrition enough. I know clowns are piggys and always act hungry, but I was getting the felling he WAS hungry, even though I feed him everyday. (Flakes daily, frozen mysis shrimp 1-2x a week for fish and tank)  I just tested my water and ammonia, trites and trates are all 0. Calcium is 485, KH 7.7 and Mag is 1200. I was going to not so local LFS today to get a coral for my birthday, maybe I will get a fish too.  It's not so exciting buying a new fish because one died.  😪 Quote Link to comment
Pjanssen Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Sorry for your loss. My guess would be that your fish was not healthy when you got him. Be careful if you are buying from the same LFS. 1 Quote Link to comment
sadie Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 well I went to not so local LFS and got a new coral, but no fish.  They had really big clowns or really small clowns. I was thinking of getting a medium sized clown, maybe a bit bigger then my last guy. He was so tiny. Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 The really young juveniles do tend to have more problems than the older juveniles. 1 Quote Link to comment
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