Forum rules
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1)
Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2)
Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3)
Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4)
What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5)
How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this:
Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
well my dog face puffer died today. He most likely died of an internal parasite or SW ick. I was wondering what my next steps should be about taking care of my tank. Right now I have a yellow tail Damsel and a Huma... Trigger (baby) in there with about 25 pounds of live rock. I don't plan on putting anything else in there for a while but should I be concerned about the parasites or Ick still in the tank? This is my first large SW tank and I don't want to continue a cycle that would be harmful to it's future inhabitants. More quick questions: Does LR hold disease or parasites? Should I do a water change? If the fish in there show know signs of sickness then should I let the Ick cycle go until it eventually dies off if ever? Oh yeah I don't have any QT to use. I just want to know what I should do to get past this sad period in my saltwater hobby. Any and all help would be appreciated. 
