What do I need for an emergency quarantine tank

[Sdeluca10]

I have a fish in my tank that is struggling.. everything else is healthy and even this fish is eating but I’m afraid if I don’t medicate he’s not gonna make it. I’m one of those hobbyists that doesn’t have the space/resources to have multiple tanks setup, however, I’m thinking this might be an extenuating circumstance and wondering if I can go out and buy a 10/20 gallon tank and setup a quarantine tank in a day.
This literally happened overnight after a month or more of being in the system. No other fish show spots or signs of sickness. To me this is kind of an emergency.
Note: he still eats when I feed, however he confides to safe space and doesn’t freely swim. I haven’t noticed any aggression from other fish. This is a sudden shock

 

[Sdeluca10]

And then, follow up question. Once I get him out and in his own tank, what is the best method of treatment??

 

[Ortizdrz]

I'm not expert so take what I will say with a grain of salt. But I think you need to pull all fish asap as that looks like velvet from what I can see in the picture

 

[Ortizdrz]

Look on Humblefish site , it's great source of information

 

[Sdeluca10]

You might be right but be that as is may, resources won’t allow. Best I can hope to do is isolate him alone and I need to do it asap. Working on it, just don’t even no the proper treatment for when I do

 

[Ortizdrz]

I'll pm you

 

[DatReefGuy]

Yes definitely looks like velvet. Did you by chance add any new fish? I would do a freshwater dip, rally dip and treat with copper in the QT. Soak nori in selcon to feed. I also have these if you need some.

 

[Sdeluca10]

Yes definitely looks like velvet. Did you by chance add any new fish? I would do a freshwater dip, rally dip and treat with copper in the QT. Soak nori in selcon to feed. I also have these if you need some.

The upside to being a part of this forum is having advice like this. The downfall is my distance from most. Thank you for your offer, I just wish you were closer to me

 

[DatReefGuy]

The upside to being a part of this forum is having advice like this. The downfall is my distance from most. Thank you for your offer, I just wish you were closer to me

No problem. Hope everything goes well. The tank should technically remain fallow as well for 6 weeks.

 

[Ortizdrz]

No problem. Hope everything goes well. The tank should technically remain fallow as well for 6 weeks.

6 weeks with increasing temp.

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

@Humblefish

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Moved to Fish Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment

 

[BiGGiePauls33]

Fish Diseases

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[Humblefish]

Looks like a bad case of ich or velvet. If QT is not an option, then this is your best strategy for treating in a reef tank: https://humble.fish/community/threads/peroxide-h2o2-dosing-for-parasites-in-reef-tank.725/

If this is a FOWLR, then you probably would be better off dosing copper in there.

 

[Cpage101]

Looks like a bad case of ich or velvet. If QT is not an option, then this is your best strategy for treating in a reef tank: https://humble.fish/community/threads/peroxide-h2o2-dosing-for-parasites-in-reef-tank.725/

If this is a FOWLR, then you probably would be better off dosing copper in there.

@Sdeluca10

 

[Ortizdrz]

How's it all looking as of today ?