HELP CLOWNFISH DYING

[Jrob]

Once again good stuff, unfortunately, as of late the popular opinion around here is cycling only takes 5 days to a week and ammonia's and nitrite are zero as is Nitrate - very hard to believe for me personally as it took 9 weeks cycling with cured LR for my nitrates to get as low as 20 ppm with no fish. Apparently they sell miracles in a bottle now and as long as your using R/O DI water you can add fish the same day. AND- B+B lives in the water column so use your buddies water and your good to go.
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Not to blame everything on the media, but i believe all of the shows on television these days....including but not limited to.. "Tanked" REAAAALLLLY have something to do with this common misconception.

 

[Jrob]

And red sorry for your loss in advance, it is a very very high possiblity that due to the stress like the above posters have mentioned that the clown will not make it, especially if he is letting you phsycially lift him to the surface. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS acclimate your fish, and when you start to get more fish in the tank, quarantine them, then acclimate them. It is the same deal with your cichlids that you have kept. You don't want parasites or disease creeping into your tank. That being said, you could have done all of the research in the world. Then the fish could have still died, you never fully know what could be wrong with the fish before you get it home. Don't beat yourself up too much, take the fish back before it's too late and they won't refund your money. If they try and give you hell told them you did everything they said.