Just wanted to share what I found when I went fallow..

Right now the fish are in a QT with nothing being done on them due to the time it's going to take to let the DT sort itself out. I've considered doing the TTM method, I just need to get quite a few tanks/totes sorted out and additional heaters as I as well am not so much a fan of chemicals. I have 28 fish, so it may take a while, definitely a new years project. Sadly my lawnmower blenny carpet surfed the day after he went in, we are saddened.
If you want to do many at a time you can have a big tank or container with clean heated salt water in it and slowly drip water from there into all your containers and dump them when they are full and switch the containers out every three days.
It will use a bit more water but save you the heaters and air pumps if you don’t have them.
 
I went fallow a week ago due to Ich infestation. Took me about 7 hours to catch all my fish which involved pulling 95% of the rock out of a 180.
I am using this opportunity for a "reset" of the tank, and put a 140lb more rock in the tank, just because.

I found 5 of these worms in the process. These are number 3 and number 4 in size - the 5th largest wasn't worth the photo and #1 and #2 I had to get out of the tank immediately out of sheer fear. I am guessing #1 was over 37 inches. Sweet dreams!

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I just did the same Christmas Day. Took everything out, flushed out the tank and rest the tank. Took 11hrs, but I found this along the way. It was about a foot long retracted, not stretched out. Missing shrimp and small fishes and some coral dying, that’s why I reset the tank.

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I just did the same Christmas Day. Took everything out, flushed out the tank and rest the tank. Took 11hrs, but I found this along the way. It was about a foot long retracted, not stretched out. Missing shrimp and small fishes and some coral dying, that’s why I reset the tank.

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You really think bristle worms are killing your corals?
 

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