Couldn't stay away! 46g bow front build

[ramsey]

Oh yeah, you said you got new rock a couple of days ago. Was this cured live rock or dry rock you added? If you added uncured LR, that could be the source of your problem.

[Painter]

It took about 2hrs. I only had enough salt to make 10g but took out 15g. So I reused 5g that I took out. I made sure to put that 5g I reused in a clean bucket. The fish was doing good and eatting before all this. I didn't have and changes in water parameters and my clown did well with this big water change. I'm thinking it was to much stress but am not sure. The rock I picked up was cured. I have only done basic test kit and salt check so it could be something else as well. I'll be working at setting up my sump by this next weekend. That should help things out a bunch. I hope lol

[MadReefer]

a new rock wouldnt kill a fish all to quickly. perhaps create another cycle? yes. unless you had some serious toxins in a rock i say doubtful. i would honestly take your time. i wont add corals till i have coraline algae growing myself. i let me 180 run for a few months with all rock in place and settled before i rushed in to kill things. these guys are live aminals =). wait till all your bacteria blooms/cycling is done before introducing live inhabitants. although lots of LFS love it bc they get to sell you more fish. i would create a plan of what you want to keep also for corals as there are dif needs for certain kinds. softies, lps, and sps all tend to have a different demand for lighting req., water params (dirty tank/clean tank), etc.

funny enough i purchased a rather nice large specimen of yellow tip elegance (rare), i figured hey this guy knows what he's doing. he has tons of frags. after it receeded and died, i noticed the undercut of the skelleton was so close he hit into the polyp and it was doomed from the start. in the case of your fish, i say stress. how long did you acclimate him? and how was it performed?

[Painter]

Yeah I don't plan on adding anything for a while. I want to finish my sump set up first. As for the firefish it had been in the tank for a week and was eating good. He was acclimated for 20min by floating the bag. Is that ok?