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Hey so my tank was looking really good so I decided to add my last fish a flame angel. I acclimated it perfectly according to the books in a bucket, and two days later now it is scratching, and I saw it go to the cleaner shrimp. Now I've noticed my clownfish have started to leave the powerheads they hosted swimming all over and have white stringy poop hanging. The rest of my fish look good. If I were to set up a emergency hospital tank how would I do it. I have 7 fish, a melanarus wrasse, pearly jawfish, starry blenny, Bangaii Cardinal, 2 clowns, and a flame angel. I do have corals so I can't treat the display. I don't know how I would catch all my fish though. Also a quarantine tank seems to be expensive. Does anyone have any thoughts to help as this is stressing me out all my fish could be in trouble and I have no idea what to do!!!! Thanks here are some pics
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If you want to effectively treat whatever disease is ailing your fish you're going to have to bite the bullet and remove the fish, there is simply no easy resolution, there are no in tank remedies that are reef safe while also being effective.
Having taken out my rock work to catch a rouge fish I know it sounds a lot more daunting that it actually is.
Drain the water to containers it makes it a lot easier to catch the fish, remove any rocks that may tumble.
A simple QT is a lot less expensive than the fish you purchased. Get a 5-10 gallon tank.


https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-quarantine.189815/page-39#post-3112153

Is that a 30 gallon RL JBJ?
 

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If you want to effectively treat whatever disease is ailing your fish you're going to have to bite the bullet and remove the fish, there is simply no easy resolution, there are no in tank remedies that are reef safe while also being effective.
Having taken out my rock work to catch a rouge fish I know it sounds a lot more daunting that it actually is.
Drain the water to containers it makes it a lot easier to catch the fish, remove any rocks that may tumble.
A simple QT is a lot less expensive than the fish you purchased. Get a 5-10 gallon tank.


https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/how-to-quarantine.189815/page-39#post-3112153

Is that a 30 gallon RL JBJ?
X2 I have drained all but an inch of water, removed all coral and rock,, caught all of my fish, pumped water back in, re aquascaped, and added fish to my qt in as little as an hour in my 180 gallon tanks.
 
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It's the jbj 45... I've now noticed my flames bills have black kinda coming out. Does this help ID the parasite? What is the cheapest qt set up thanks
 

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I have a 20gal tank with a small power head, heater, HOB filter, and some PVC for hiding. That's all you need to quarantine, I paid under $50 for everything.
 
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So new update, I haven't seen him do anything that would indicate parasites since. He eats brine shrimp and algae cause he doesn't eat the new life spectrum. I just remembered that when I added my melanarus wrasse he itched on the first day and never again. That would be great if it was only come back if I added fish Cause I'm not adding anymore. I hope that adding corals doesn't stress them. Any ideas if this is all possible?
 

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