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How did you end up treating him?

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i ended up treating him with melafix marine in a 20 gal long hospital tank.

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UPDATE:

He seems to be getting better. He had gotten a lot redder than what the last pic I posted shows. The redness is not as bad now. He is not swimming in circles any more. Last night I soaked his food in garlic and he ate. He ate again today!!

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There you go!! Good news!

Keep it up - it can be tough to wean them back to life, you’re doing it right!

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Good to hear Karen. Hope he continue good health for you.

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Melafix is a good, low impact treatment. if it works for your fish condition in a QT, that is great! There are also fish foods with various anti bacterial and parasite type, heavy duty meds. likewise they should only be fed in a QT, so as not to harm other reef life. the redness has to be a fleshy type infection or irritation.

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Sad news!!!

Lost the tang today. #@$^ All the fungus and red had cleared up but he wouldnt eat. He ate once or twice then nothing. He hung in there for about 3 weeks. I reallly thought he was going to make it.

Question I have now is how long should I wait before adding any more fish? Whats left in my tank is doing good. No signs of fungus or infection in them.

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Man, lot of people are loosing fish. Sorry to hear about your lost Karen. Not sure about how long you should wait, but I personally would wait a while to see if other fish are affected. And for me, I like less fish in my tank. That’s because I like to keep only corals.

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I agree ^^^^

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[quote=“reefman66, post:28, topic:7269”]
Man, lot of people are loosing fish. Sorry to hear about your lost Karen. Not sure about how long you should wait, but I personally would wait a while to see if other fish are affected. And for me, I like less fish in my tank. That’s because I like to keep only corals.[/quote]

Thanks A. Its been 3 weeks now. I will wait a couple of months at least. I like fish more so than the corals! Dont get me wrong I like the corals as well.

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[quote=“nerak, post:30, topic:7269”]

[quote=“reefman66, post:28, topic:7269”]
And for me, I like less fish in my tank. That’s because I like to keep only corals.[/quote]

Thanks A. Its been 3 weeks now. I will wait a couple of months at least. I like fish more so than the corals! Dont get me wrong I like the corals as well. [/quote]

My problem is I love both. Things getting a wee bit congested, not much room to swim. Think I need to fire up the bigger tank.