Why did my butterfly die?

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lovefishys

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We have been waiting for a yellow long nose butterfly for a month. The first one at the LFS had fin damage and they were treating him. After he was healed a new person accidentally sold him :( after a few more weeks they got another one.

He looked perfect with no problems. So we brought him home on Wednesday (6/6/12) he has been in our quarantine tank. He was doing great swimming around I waited a few hours to feed him and he was eating great. Then last night 6/7/12 he was hiding in the rocks a lot and rubbing his tummy on the rocks upside down. Since it was late night we had to wait till morning. When we woke up he was dead. :( why did he die? The hermit crabs we eating him so I can't tell much on physical appearance but I didn't see anything last night. Is that normal for them to die that quickly without much notice? All water levels are great
 
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