Losing fish now

[gregzz4]

Totally understood
Hopefully one of us may be able to help

Post a pic and crack a wobbly

[Reef_Geek]

SeaChem's Cupramine is pretty good too. I use it in my personal quarantine tank. The label claims that the copper stays in solution and won't precipitate...

The tricky part about setting up a treatment tank on the fly when you need it... you have to be careful if you set up a system that it might not have a biological filter with bacterial count ready for the corresponding bio load... then your fish die from ammonia poisoning (ammonia is exponentially more toxic in higher pH... as in seawater). Best practice is to keep a quarantine tank on the go with mollies or something all the time to keep it cycling, and keep new fish acquisition in observation with copper for week(s).

[intarsiabox]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Now my tang has developed white patch
On its side.

I think I'll pay extra for stores who qt. here's
My lesson. Saved $30 on a fish. Lost $150. My fire fish
Is now Mia too.

I'm ****ed. So ****ed I just shut the lights off. Might toss everything soon.

A two week qt period at the store is not very adequate to say any fish is disease free. The risk is the same from all the LFS. I have not personally had any trouble from any of the Edmonton stores but 6-8 weeks qt at home would be more realistic if this is a route you want to take. I don't know if whatever was harming your corals can be passed on to fish or vise versa. I hope your tank turns around for you and you suffer no more losses. Every now and then over the years I would have a fish go MIA, even ones I've had for many years, and would stress over it. I don't know how bad you must be feeling with 3 passing in one day. Don't toss everything, if things get really bad at least consider starting fresh.

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by Reef_Geek

Best practice is to keep a quarantine tank on the go with mollies or something all the time to keep it cycling, and keep new fish acquisition in observation with copper for week(s).

Good advice, plus good advice from intarsiabox
I go with Brad's tips and keep some Aquaclear foams in my sump
Then all I will have to do is put the foams in my AC50 and fill the QT with DT water, and use Stability and, if needed, some Am Guard

[paddyob]

Originally Posted by paddyob

I think I'll pay extra for stores who qt.

I retract most.... I will buy fish that have not been in QT... but not until I personally have a functioning QT tank.

[Leah]

I have been there... and it is horrible. Hope things are going better for you.

I added a new Melanarus recently and am keeping my fingers crossed it is healthy. And I know better. The temptation ugh!

[paddyob]

The yellow tang just died.

[Leah]

[paddyob]

Officially the firefish has shown up dead. Second clown unseen.


Now I have a neon goby and my mandarin.

I'm seriously freaking choked. I saw spots on the flasher in the store. Was assured nothing looked out of the ordinary.

Well I am pretty sure it wiped out my fish. Confidence and trust gone.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by paddyob

Confidence and trust gone.

Sorry, but you just can't have confidence or trust of anyone that tries to tell you a fish is fine. It just came out of the ocean days ago. This is exactly what I did and lost 12 fish. i will NOT add another fish to my tank that has not, at a minimum, gone into QT for observation for 6 weeks. Any sign of anything, it gets medicated. Tough way to learn the lesson, I really hate seeing these threads when so much has been posted just like it in the past.
Hopefully you develop a plan and rebuild. Crappy, I know..