I feel really bad for killing a freshly bought spotted sharpnose puffer. And I don't want it to happen again.
I have a 30 gal aquarium which has been cycling fish free after being well cleaned with fresh water for 1 month, after which I decided to go salt water, so I added proper amount of Instant Ocean Sea Salt got stable SG of 1.021 - 1.022 and was running it for another month 4.5 weeks exactly cause i couldn't find the right puffer. i have 2 aqua clear 300's running on this tank. With one of those $45 heaters which keep temp up to 1 degree, i kept fixed 80 deg F. Nitrate 5 - 10, Ammonia 0, PH 8.2. No reefs, no live plants, just regular rocks and big blue plastic lookalike reef.
I mean it looked like I created perfect condition for this puffer. I bought it(in a marine fish store, which looked like it has quality and healthy fish), waited for the temp to adjust. Released it into the tank. It was camping on the bottom for good hour, then slowly started to swim and look around, meanhile my GF managed to call him/her "Potion" and tell it our whole family history for next 2 hours. Suddenly started swimming closer to the surface then it went beserk, started swimming left and right bouncing off the glass, twisted in some spasms and pretty much died, it was still breathing shallowly for hour or so being taked by the currents created by the filters.
I feel really bad, I hate when one of my fish dies, (I have 2 more aquariums a 10 gal and 55 gal with freshwater fish) and I feel guilty, my gf was sobing for another hour or so.
I don't want this to happen again, what if anything I did wrong?
What should I do so it won't die?
Is there something i missed? I know fresh water well but am new to salt.
One thing the pissed me after wards was after it died I tested the water the puffer came in from the store ( i never pour the store water into my tank) the water had SG of 1.017 - 1.018 and PH of 7.5 I'm afraid that I gave the fish a shock by transfering it to my tank, but it was perfect, the store water was bad! or was it?
I have a 30 gal aquarium which has been cycling fish free after being well cleaned with fresh water for 1 month, after which I decided to go salt water, so I added proper amount of Instant Ocean Sea Salt got stable SG of 1.021 - 1.022 and was running it for another month 4.5 weeks exactly cause i couldn't find the right puffer. i have 2 aqua clear 300's running on this tank. With one of those $45 heaters which keep temp up to 1 degree, i kept fixed 80 deg F. Nitrate 5 - 10, Ammonia 0, PH 8.2. No reefs, no live plants, just regular rocks and big blue plastic lookalike reef.
I mean it looked like I created perfect condition for this puffer. I bought it(in a marine fish store, which looked like it has quality and healthy fish), waited for the temp to adjust. Released it into the tank. It was camping on the bottom for good hour, then slowly started to swim and look around, meanhile my GF managed to call him/her "Potion" and tell it our whole family history for next 2 hours. Suddenly started swimming closer to the surface then it went beserk, started swimming left and right bouncing off the glass, twisted in some spasms and pretty much died, it was still breathing shallowly for hour or so being taked by the currents created by the filters.
I feel really bad, I hate when one of my fish dies, (I have 2 more aquariums a 10 gal and 55 gal with freshwater fish) and I feel guilty, my gf was sobing for another hour or so.
I don't want this to happen again, what if anything I did wrong?
What should I do so it won't die?
Is there something i missed? I know fresh water well but am new to salt.
One thing the pissed me after wards was after it died I tested the water the puffer came in from the store ( i never pour the store water into my tank) the water had SG of 1.017 - 1.018 and PH of 7.5 I'm afraid that I gave the fish a shock by transfering it to my tank, but it was perfect, the store water was bad! or was it?
