Sick mixed reef

[matthew.ryan]

Hi, this is my first post. Sorry its under these circumstances.

While on vacation my ato failed (my house sitter was oblivious) and the sump ran very low (heard gurgling when I walked in the door that evening). I added RO to the tank a few gallons at a time over 24 hours until my I got down to .26. I also noticed what appeared to be stress ick on my tang - but it was eating and acting normally. I dug out my qt tank and made for my lfs the following morning to grab supplies. By the time I got home the tang died. :-(

The next day I noticed that my Fox Face has some dots on him - but they don't appear to be white (see pics). I haven't adding anything to the tank in weeks (3-4). My tank has fish, soft corals, nems, a star fish, assorted shrimp/crabs and snails. Its been very healthy.

The Fox Face is acting normally, I think, though perhaps he is spending more time at the top of the tank in the flow. My qt is up and running and Ive got meds on hand for bacteria and parasite. I'm not sure if it needs to go to qt or not and if so, what to treat with. Any help would be wonderful, my kids were so bummed about our tang and I'm hoping to not lose another fish, esp the FF as he has been with us so long.

Thank you SO much.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

As mentioned in the other thread, to keep all of the info together, I'm linking the other thread about this issue here:

EMERGENCY - Sick tank! Help.

Hey folks - I came home from vacation to a sick tank. No new additions in better than a month. My tang died before I could get him into qt. Now my fox face has these spots and I’m not sure how to treat. I’m wondering if they are nem stings? While I was gone, 1 wk, the ato failed and our house...

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[tzabor10]

you might want to consider having a LFS person come in to look at things once or twice during vacation.
Could pay off in the long term. Are you using Uv sterilization? Running it a few hours a night can really help knock down parasites and diseases in tang tanks