Blue spotted jaw fish needs help!

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My blue spotted jaw fish which I just added to an isolation tank last night has developed a white patch overnight. Wasnt there where did the acclimation.

Given that it suddenly appeared overnight I am wondering if I should treat with anything specific. There is another clown fish in the tank which has been doing fine. The jaw fish was added after a hydroplex dip.

Whatever i do will like be dosing the medication to the tank as i have no other livestock in there that i need to save.
Have kanaplex, metroplex, prazi, and ruby reef rally pro on hand


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@Jay Hemdal @vetteguy53081
 
I'm not too great at identifying fish diseases so take my words with a grain of salt but it may be BSJ disease which can be treated by cranking the temp down to low 70s (lower temp can reduce metabolic stress and slows infection for them) and using kanaplex and metroplex
are there any other symptoms?
 
I agree these particular species don't do well in our regular warm water tanks and need to be kept below 70F to thrive. Also, neither of the medications mentioned above (Metroplex and Kanaplex) is reef safe, so treatment would need to be done in a separate hospital tank. However, I strongly recommend waiting for fish medics to weigh in first before starting any medications.
 
I agree these particular species don't do well in our regular warm water tanks and need to be kept below 70F to thrive. Also, neither of the medications mentioned above (Metroplex and Kanaplex) is reef safe, so treatment would need to be done in a separate hospital tank. However, I strongly recommend waiting for fish medics to weigh in first before starting any medications.
It is already in a hospital tank with just one other fish, but has sand. So not worried about any livestock loss. To the extent there is something that can help I am fine dosing it.
 

WHAT KIND OF SUBSTRATE ARE YOU RUNNING ON YOUR TANK?

  • Bare bottom

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  • A shallow bed of fine sand

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  • A shallow bed of coarser sand

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  • A deep sand bed

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  • Mixed substrate or varying sand depth

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  • Some other substrate (posted in the comments)

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