Sick fish please help!

[98silverado]

My lights for my tank just turned on and I saw my tang laying on the sand bed dead and my clowns skin looks to be peeling off almost. I wasn't home at all yesterday and when I left Saturday night they all looked really healthy and eating well. Please help I have no idea what happened and I tested my water the only thing high was my alk.

 

[Sawdonkey]

Sorry to hear this. If it happened this quickly, I'd say it is unlikely to be water quality unless you had a big ammonia spike.

How's the temp?

 

[98silverado]

Temp is sitting at 78 and ammonia is 0. I tested everything. I'm just upset because the tang was such a nice looking fish and I don't have my qt tank setup yet so I have nowhere for them to go except in the tank. The only good thing is I only have those 3 in there right now. And my clown just kicked the bucket as well

 

[98silverado]

Any suggestions on what to do with the water after I get the fish out of there?

 

[Darienreefs7]

Do they look like they have ick? Or powdery skin

 

[98silverado]

I'm thinking either fin rot or ick after reading up a little

 

[Darienreefs7]

Pic? By how fast you say they went I'm almost thinking marine velvet

 

[98silverado]

I tried to get one but you couldn't see anything in the pic. my wrasse still looks healthy but I have nowhere for him to go right now and I don't wanna give him to anyone with it possibly be infected as well.

 

[Darienreefs7]

Do you have a spare tank?

 

[98silverado]

Nope. I did but someone dropped it when they moved it. So I have no spare tank or anything. So I have no idea what to di

 

[Darienreefs7]

Don't know what to tell you. Call any lfs and ask if they could hold the wrasse

 

[98silverado]

I'm going to call Aquatica tomorrow since that is where I got him but nothing I can do today. I just cant win lately with my tanks. I'm about to just say screw it and give up

 

[vucious]

Picture would help but my guess is velvet if it happened that quickly


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[98silverado]

Picture would help but my guess is velvet if it happened that quickly


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What can I do to fix it

 

[Darienreefs7]

Velvet once it comes it doesn't really go

 

[98silverado]

So basically just restart?

 

[98silverado]

Picture would help but my guess is velvet if it happened that quickly


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[Darienreefs7]

Do you have pics of the tang or other fish?

 

[98silverado]

It does look like the tang started to bleed from the gills and the lungs

 

[Irsug1]

You can try the Ruby Reef additives to prevent the parasite/infection from populating any further? I know that Aquatica stocks these..