For 4-5 months my 55 gal. has run flawlessly. Slowly increasing livestock and watching my tank evolve the water conditions were Great. But 2 weeks ago I added a Redfin algae blenny to my tank from the LFS and here I am today, with all my fish dead including the redfin, but for some reason my Cleaner shrimp, 2 pencil urchin's, and several hermit crabs are getting along just fine, unaffected by this Disaster. Obviously I immediately removed all the dead fish and have performed water changes in an effort to remove any disease or water pollution.
The fish that died include 2 clownfish, 2 small damsels, 1 lemonpeel angelfish, and of course the redfin algae blenny :( . I realize my tank was at capacity for livestock but everyting was going fine until shortly after I put the blenny in. I did notice, that from the day I put the blenny in from the LFS it had not eaten anything in my tank. It buried itself in the sand and looked like it was Blind..Is it possible that it brought in a disease that kills only the fish?
I've done numerous water changes after removing alll dead livestock and my tank seems to be doing just fine now. But is there a way I can prevent a disaster like this in the future?? I know that after things like this occur many people leave the hobby, but I am curious to find out WHY it happened rather than just giving up.
The fish that died include 2 clownfish, 2 small damsels, 1 lemonpeel angelfish, and of course the redfin algae blenny :( . I realize my tank was at capacity for livestock but everyting was going fine until shortly after I put the blenny in. I did notice, that from the day I put the blenny in from the LFS it had not eaten anything in my tank. It buried itself in the sand and looked like it was Blind..Is it possible that it brought in a disease that kills only the fish?
I've done numerous water changes after removing alll dead livestock and my tank seems to be doing just fine now. But is there a way I can prevent a disaster like this in the future?? I know that after things like this occur many people leave the hobby, but I am curious to find out WHY it happened rather than just giving up.