Well the first learning lesson was leaving the window open overnight. The second lesson was how I introduced my Anemone to my tank when I brought him from the store. What your supposed to do is float your animals in the tank for about 45 minutes then you add about a cup of tank water to the bag every 15 minutes, and after about an hour of doing this you net your fish out of the bag and add him to the tank. I did that for all my fish that I bought, however with the Anemone I couldn't figure out how to net him out of there, SO I DUMPED THE BAG into the tank. Lesson number two those tanks at the store are full of chemicals to keep the fish subdued. The next day I came home to a dead Velvet Damsel, a very sick clown fish, and a sad looking Anemone. I immediately went out and bought a ten gallon hospital tank, and began to wait until the water got up to temperature. While I was at the store the guy there told me about adding garlic solution to help the fish relax and that would in turn help them get better. So I added the garlic right away and set up my hospital tank, by the time the clown fish that looked like he had white worms growing off him had all but healed.
Lessons:
#1 Be careful with open windows
#2 Don't add the store water to your tank
#3 Make sure you take your time acclimatizing your animals
#4 Never add too many fish at the same time only do a couple at a time.
#5 Have a hospital tank set up to make sure your fish are disease free.
#6 GARLIC WORKS GREAT, I add it their food every day
#7 Stress causes disease and kills fish, add garlic to the tank when they are stressed for what ever reason.
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