Watchman Goby died 6 hours after being home?

[ace560]

Hello! I purchased a watchman goby yesterday and he was looking a bit rough from the start. Not too much movement initially. After acclimation and getting in the tank he moved a round a bit. I left the light off and then when I checked on him a couple of hours later I found him a little bit under a rock and without much color.

I noticed when I got him a bit of his upper fins looked burnt. When I fished him out it appeared that his whole top fin was gone? What went wrong?

Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Nitrates 14ppm
Temp 77.8°

 

[eecummins]

how did you acclimate? what was the difference in salinity/ph between the bag water and your tank?

did the bag water smell or was cloudy (ammonia)

 

[ace560]

how did you acclimate? what was the difference in salinity/ph between the bag water and your tank?

did the bag water smell or was cloudy (ammonia)

I did drip acclimation while floating the bag. Salinity in my tank is 1.025. Bag salinity was 1.026. Ph in my tank 8.2, bag ph 8.4.

Looking back at it now, I believe there was a dead fish in the tank with the goby (at LFS) maybe that caused the bag water ammonia to be high?

 

[danreef55]

Best suggestion is : Never buy a fish that is in a tank with a dead fish.

 

[ace560]

Best suggestion is : Never buy a fish that is in a tank with a dead fish.

Certainly learned my lesson. Is there anything else on the goby that looks concerning?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello! I purchased a watchman goby yesterday and he was looking a bit rough from the start. Not too much movement initially. After acclimation and getting in the tank he moved a round a bit. I left the light off and then when I checked on him a couple of hours later I found him a little bit under a rock and without much color.

I noticed when I got him a bit of his upper fins looked burnt. When I fished him out it appeared that his whole top fin was gone? What went wrong?

Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Nitrates 14ppm
Temp 77.8°

Fish looks very thin and may have been on a downslide already.
How did you acclimate and for how long?

 

[Jay Hemdal]

I did drip acclimation while floating the bag. Salinity in my tank is 1.025. Bag salinity was 1.026. Ph in my tank 8.2, bag ph 8.4.

Looking back at it now, I believe there was a dead fish in the tank with the goby (at LFS) maybe that caused the bag water ammonia to be high?

I would contact the LFS, your acclimation sounds o.k., and if there are other animals in your tank that are doing fine, the goby had some preexisting issue and the LFS should be held accountable for that.