I purchased one over the weekend, Saturday to be precise. He made it until this morning. I have checked my parameters and ammonia - 0, nitrites - 0, nitrates - <10 (hard to tell when it gets below 10). Temp was around 81F. I'm kind of lost at what caused him to kick it. Here's how everything has played out...
I purchased him in midday on Saturday. I returned home and floated his bag for 15 minutes. Then I started the normal acclimation cycle, 1 cup every 10 minutes for a total of 3 cups then I let it sit for another 10 minutes to let the last cup distribute through the bag of water. I did all this while the bag sat in the water of my main then I scooped him and placed him in the tank. No LFS water got in the tank (except what is unavoidable on the net).
I have 2 clowns, and a six line wrasse in my 29g when I added him. The female clown harassed him a bit but I found a way to scare her from him so she eventually calmed down and left him alone. The six line never bothered the goby.
I added some dried (2 years it sat dry) live rock as rubble for him to burrow under since most of my live rock sits above the sand line. He did find a place under one of my existing pieces to call home. No other fish bothered him or could really get in the area that he was in.
He fed Saturday night on mysis shrimp. I fed Formula One and pellets on Sunday. I'm not sure if he ate Sunday night or not, he was well hidden but I turned on my pumps to push the food around the tank to help be sure that he got some under the rock. (1400 gph in a 29g tank is bound to move some food around)
I woke up Monday morning and found him in the corner of the tank. He didn't have any color to him (a light greyish look kinda like E.T.). Any ideas on what might have caused this? His breathing wasn't labored Sunday and he seemed content in his burrow. Could this have been nitrogen poisoning? I know that if I disturb the top 1" of sand that you can see nitrogen bubbles float up. Could he have inhaled some and been poisoned? I know I'm stretching here but I didn't even do a top-off on the tank before he kicked it.
I purchased him in midday on Saturday. I returned home and floated his bag for 15 minutes. Then I started the normal acclimation cycle, 1 cup every 10 minutes for a total of 3 cups then I let it sit for another 10 minutes to let the last cup distribute through the bag of water. I did all this while the bag sat in the water of my main then I scooped him and placed him in the tank. No LFS water got in the tank (except what is unavoidable on the net).
I have 2 clowns, and a six line wrasse in my 29g when I added him. The female clown harassed him a bit but I found a way to scare her from him so she eventually calmed down and left him alone. The six line never bothered the goby.
I added some dried (2 years it sat dry) live rock as rubble for him to burrow under since most of my live rock sits above the sand line. He did find a place under one of my existing pieces to call home. No other fish bothered him or could really get in the area that he was in.
He fed Saturday night on mysis shrimp. I fed Formula One and pellets on Sunday. I'm not sure if he ate Sunday night or not, he was well hidden but I turned on my pumps to push the food around the tank to help be sure that he got some under the rock. (1400 gph in a 29g tank is bound to move some food around)
I woke up Monday morning and found him in the corner of the tank. He didn't have any color to him (a light greyish look kinda like E.T.). Any ideas on what might have caused this? His breathing wasn't labored Sunday and he seemed content in his burrow. Could this have been nitrogen poisoning? I know that if I disturb the top 1" of sand that you can see nitrogen bubbles float up. Could he have inhaled some and been poisoned? I know I'm stretching here but I didn't even do a top-off on the tank before he kicked it.