cthegame
Reef enthusiast
I was checking my fish and noticed nothing wrong with my two Ocellaris Clown Fish. Literally 3 hours later I look again and I see a few white spots on them. So I figure I better act now while it just happened. However, I don’t have a quarantine tank (not yet…) and I just don’t know what to do.
I immediately took them out of the main tank (which wasn’t easy but finally managed to catch them) and put them in fresh water for about 8 mins. After I took them out, I put them in a separate bucket with new saltwater (low gravity). I checked on them about an hour later and noticed most white spots were gone (there wasn’t many in the first place since I believe I caught them pretty early) but some are still there. I connected my skimmer to the bucket for water movement and some degree of filtration until I figure something out.
I cant afford to go out and buy a quarantine tank with all the right equipment at the moment. I don’t want these little guys to die. They seem ok so far but I don’t know…I don’t have any experience with treating this and don’t know if I should buy any medication.
By the way, I have only another yellow tang and 1 damsel fish. Both are ok. I know its best to remove all the fish but my tank is 80 gallons and its just impossible to catch them. Also, I noticed that when the clowns were still in the main tank (with the spots), the yellow tang was being extremely aggressive towards them. He was never this aggressive before. The clowns were not being bothered before the spots…any connection?
Thanks for any advice you can offer.
I immediately took them out of the main tank (which wasn’t easy but finally managed to catch them) and put them in fresh water for about 8 mins. After I took them out, I put them in a separate bucket with new saltwater (low gravity). I checked on them about an hour later and noticed most white spots were gone (there wasn’t many in the first place since I believe I caught them pretty early) but some are still there. I connected my skimmer to the bucket for water movement and some degree of filtration until I figure something out.
I cant afford to go out and buy a quarantine tank with all the right equipment at the moment. I don’t want these little guys to die. They seem ok so far but I don’t know…I don’t have any experience with treating this and don’t know if I should buy any medication.
By the way, I have only another yellow tang and 1 damsel fish. Both are ok. I know its best to remove all the fish but my tank is 80 gallons and its just impossible to catch them. Also, I noticed that when the clowns were still in the main tank (with the spots), the yellow tang was being extremely aggressive towards them. He was never this aggressive before. The clowns were not being bothered before the spots…any connection?
Thanks for any advice you can offer.