New fish dying

[MATESkid2016]

Hey guys,

Two days ago I added some new fish to my 10 gallon freshwater and this morning I woke up to 1 neon tetra stuck to the filter intake and 1 otocinclus struggling to survive (he moves when I go near him but is clearly suffering...poor little guy ) The first thing I did was check my water parameters. I have a ~7.6 pH, 0 ppm ammonia, 0 ppm nitrite, and 10-20 ppm nitrate. All seem to be normal levels... Am I missing something? Was it just the stress of a new environment? Please give me your opinions.

 

[MATESkid2016]

The otocinclus just died

 

[Bloodroot]

Did you acclimate them to the new tank water? What store did you pick them up from? How long where they in the carrying bag?

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[MATESkid2016]

Yes I did acclimate them to the tank water the other fish seem to be doing fine. I got them at Sharkeys Aquarium Store in Point Pleasant, NJ. And they were in the bag for probably 10-15 minutes before I started acclimating them.


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[MATESkid2016]

The aquarium shop is the cleanest store I've ever been inside I highly recommend it


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[Brookster123]

Some stock just doesn't make it, otos and neons seem to be in the top 10 of 48hr fails.

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[MATESkid2016]

Okay so it's nothing I did wrong right? Just that the fish don't cope with change better than others?


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[Bloodroot]

sounds like it was not your fault I had a cory cat die for a similar reason recently.

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[MATESkid2016]

Okay thank you so much


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