Stressed. Seriously stressed.

Been there, it sucks.

Even in the net the neon wants to clean the tang. You can see the white patch under the neon.

http://i653.photobucket.com/albums/u...2ACFA8FA5B.jpg

It's tough to keep a quarantine tank running indefinitely but you almost have to. When I used copper to save almost all my fish, I had to remove my 2 anemones to a 'quarantine tank' started on the fly and they died. I always keep a bottle around because when it's something quick and spreads, you have to treat the entire tank to save the remaining fish. Try to have a good xmas Paddy.

Not so. As long as you keep a large foam block sitting in your sump to culture bacteria, you can set up a new QT in minutes, adding the foam to an external filter. I have an observation tank with a large foam filter block, and a dry 20g in case I have to treat. I can fill the 20, add a large aquaclear and I'm good to go.

I float half a dozen dish washing pads in my sump for this exact reason. If I have to take any out to place in my QT/hospital tank I just replace them with new ones and throw out the ones in the QT that probably have meds. Has worked great for year.

Great for pod culturing too :) I used to hide some in my rockwork instead of rubble for pods to hide in.

Absolutely! Every once in a while ill grab a pad and inspect it and find a crap load of pods in and on it. I don't have a 'fuge but this works just as well. And because the pads float I haven't noticed any detritus built up inside them in over 3 years. Or it could be that the pods are cleaning them out for me.

pads hanging out in the skimmer/pellet reactor section of my sump.

http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1272057137