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Josh jones said:
Wouldn't I half to let it do the whole cycle thing? And I can try but I don't think I'll be able to ahhh this is killing me going to go to the store now
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Yes a cycle will take place. But i would sugjest a ammonia badge and have water ready for water changes. But also have to have enough meds to bring it to therapuetic levels.
 
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That is some fast breathing, I am nor sure of the cause. It looks possible for flukes, based on the dip.
Assuming your ammonia is zero, I would add more flow for one. Saltwater does not hold as much oxygen as freshwater so increasing turn over would be helpful to a fish that is struggling to breathe.
Petsmart usually carries api general cure which has praziquantil (prazipro ingredient) in it. It also has metronidazole which is not reef safe, so you would need to dose that in a hospital tank.
@4FordFamily any input?
 
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That is some fast breathing, I am nor sure of the cause. It looks possible for flukes, based on the dip.
Assuming your ammonia is zero, I would add more flow for one. Saltwater does not hold as much oxygen as freshwater so increasing turn over would be helpful to a fish that is struggling to breathe.
Petsmart usually carries api general cure which has praziquantil (prazipro ingredient) in it. It also has metronidazole which is not reef safe, so you would need to dose that in a hospital tank.
@4FordFamily any input?
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Metronidazole has been proven reef safe actually. Not to shoot you down but for information purposes. Twilliard has shown this in a thread for dinos and i have dosed it myself
 
At first i thought flukes but the pic of the white spec from the dip poised doubt to me. It dodnt look like a normal fluke. Twilliard and i believe it is a parasite.
 
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domination2580 said:
At first i thought flukes but the pic of the white spec from the dip poised doubt to me. It dodnt look like a normal fluke. Twilliard and i believe it is a parasite.
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That is my gut as well, the OP stating nothing added in so long made me doubt myself.

Hey OP is this your only saltwater tank?
 
I'm afraid to say it but the clown is to far gone but you can try. But you are going to need a qt like i said and treat all the fish since they have been exposed to the fish with parasites
 
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Sorry I am late everyone, my baby was baptized today and we were entertaining company all day. That little thing that fell off the clown May be a fluke but full disclosure I'm no expert on what it shovel or would look like. You have received some very sound advice this far.

Thanks everyone for your help.

@melypr1985 in case you have not been tagged yet.
 
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Twilliard and i think it's safe to say it's a parasite. I hope everything is ok amd makes it through but it looked slim.
 
domination2580 said:
Twilliard and i think it's safe to say it's a parasite. I hope everything is ok amd makes it through but it looked slim.
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Looks like a parasite to me. Not sure that stand alone it is what caused this fish to deteriorate though.
 
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