Today I bought 3 damsels. 1 domino, 1 yellow tailed, and 1 striped. They are now acclimating and the striped is laying on his side in the bag and breathing quite a bit. Is this normal or is he just going to pass on when i let him into my tank?
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lando
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Not normal. It may recover, may not. NH3 levels in the bags fis come in can climb quickly. Hopefully it will come around after the acclimation is done.
. I let the other 2 out into my tank and theyre doin great. I am now completely started with the hobby saltcreep1025
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It happens. A lot of the fish have probably traveled very far in poor conditions. Did you call your LFS to see if they would replace it? same thing happened to me with a pajama cardinal the other day, died during acclimation. The replacement is doing great thought thankfully.
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