Help! Benny Is Dying!

[BlondeBrutality]

My bi color blenny is dying as I write this, I don't know what to do! He's laying on the bottom, still breathing and keeps going on his back and not flipping himself over. I even touched him to help him flip over and he didn't care. His color is horrible, his head is pink opposed to dark purple and he looks filmy. I started some stop parasite treatment because he had been bumping against rocks, I just put the treatment in when I found him on the bottom hoping it would magically cure him. Here's our levels

Ph 8.2 (after ph buffer) it dropped from 8.1 to 7.8 after the stop parasite.

Ammonia 0

Nitrite 0

Nitrate 20

Salinity is 1.023

Now that I've finished writing all this, he died. I'm gonna go cry now. He was my favorite. :...(

is there anything I could have done to prevent this?

 

[Danno]

The pH fluctations might have been too much. What is the temperature of the tank? Does that change a lot?

 

[BlondeBrutality]

I was so afraid to add the parasite stop since it said it would drop the ph instantly and I didn't want to cause him more stress, but I thought it might help by adding that. The ph would have only been dropped for a few min, can it really effect them that quickly?
The temp is at 78 and doesn't fluctuate.

 

[callell]

IMO adding the buffer & Parasite Syop have casued these deaths

I would be very hesitant to add anything (chemical wise) to my tank when there are natural remines to most problems

 

[BlondeBrutality]

IMO adding the buffer & Parasite Syop have casued these deaths

I would be very hesitant to add anything (chemical wise) to my tank when there are natural remines to most problems

By the looks of him I don't think he was going to live. I freaked out and did the first thing that came to mind to save him. Next time Ill know to be more patient.

 

[blazzent]

I feel your pain I'm losing my coral beauty angel...

 

[BlondeBrutality]

I feel your pain I'm losing my coral beauty angel...

aww I'm sorry, I feel so dumb getting upset over a fish, but I really get attached to animals. Last month my jack russell terrier got hit by a car, I still tear up thinking about her, she was awesome. With benny dying a month after my dog, I feel like maybe I'm not meant to have pets =/
I guess its all a part of life though. I hope your coral beauty makes it.