is my goby sick??

[zypher]

my hi fin red banded goby looks like he's gasping for air...he's paired with a tiger pistol shrimp currently living underneath a live rock. they're in my quarantine tank for acclimation, currently in there for about 2 weeks both introduced at the same time using a drip for 1.5 hrs...he's been hiding a lot, the only time i see him really is when he feeds..sometimes he hangs out by the opening of the tunnel...there are times where i see him tilting sideways and looks like he's gasping...

tank is 3 months old
tank mates - 1 peppermint, 4 astrea snails, 1 turbo
parameters: temp - 76.0, spg - 1.024, ammo - 0ppm, nitrites - .25ppm, nitrates - 5ppm, PH - 8.2
live rock & live sand
it's a 10 gallon tank with a top fin 10 filter system
pwc was done yesterday

 

[zypher]

sorry guys, he's passed away...no responses...wish i could've saved him

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Nitrites are .25 thats very deadly. And that means your tank has not cycles so the other fish in te tank are at risk as well

 

[crister13]

They'll die most likely. You can't just add a fish to a tank with nitrites or ammonia. Seriously. Now, if this is a quarantine tank, you should have added something from the other tank with beneficial bacteria like a filter pad.