Here goes... I had a clown and a newly bought (4 months) filefish in a tank together. One day the filefish stopped eating and died 3-4 days later. The only thing I noticed was heavy breathing, not eating, and the last few hours very eradicate swimming. Decided to get the clown in qt asap, then going fallow was the best thing. Got her into a qt and took the opportunity to purchase some friends. Went to lfs the next day and got a royal gramma, tailspot blenny, and watchman goby. Slowly brought up copper to 2.5 and they all did great (minus the goby who was bullied, but he made it.) Kept them there for 16 days, again minus the goby who was moved to separate tank at 14 days. On day 16 I got home from working a late day, and hurriedly transferred all three fish to a new, sterile qt with no medicated water. The next morning blenny was dead, clown didn't look great, and the gramma looked worse- fast breathing. Unfortunately I didn't have a choice to not go to work that day. When I got home, the gramma was dead but the clown was still hanging in there, although he did seem to be breathing faster than usual. I assessed the situation and the only option I had available at the time was to get him the ef out of that tank and into the dt that was in its 27th day of fallow (ing?) Before I ask my question I'll say idk what killed them. Technically I killed them but I don't know how. It's possible I grabbed the wrong 5g bucket in the basement to temporarily put the fish in while I set up the new tank- i had been bleaching equipment and such the night before and my basement was a whirlwind of clean/ dirty/ bleachy equipment and parts. Or maybe a salinity mismatch caused by using a colder than usual hydrometer...idk what it was but I'm devastated by it, and trying to learn as much as I can so I never repeat that mistake again. This was my first qt and I've learned a TON by doing it, despite reefing since the 90s. WHAT DO I DO NOW? I bought a couple black mollies and they're in there now. I figured if there is still some bad stuff maybe they'll get it before the clown, but i know that's a stretch. I realllllly don't want to have to go through this whole qt thing again. Should I try to gravel vac the top layer of my sandbed? Anything to lessen the chance of my clown getting whatever killed the filefish a month ago? Thanks