NEED HELP! Clown died yesterday and now the second one has white dots and looks paler.

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Came home and the clown is dead, I am going to transfer the fire fish to a different tank and all my corals and anemone.
Should I get some ruby rally pro for the fire fish?
You can but keep an eye on it as they tend to be somewhat resistant to such issues. When transferring to a different tank, do a water change and leave the display tank without fish for 6 weeks and you can add ruby rally to that tank also to assure any parasites have no host to thrive on.
 
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You can but keep an eye on it as they tend to be somewhat resistant to such issues. When transferring to a different tank, do a water change and leave the display tank without fish for 6 weeks and you can add ruby rally to that tank also to assure any parasites have no host to thrive on.
Ok, I am very tired of reef tanks, especially since I have had 2 pairs of clowns die so far, maybe it’s just my luck with clowns. I might shut down my display tank and just keep a small 10 gallon with coral and the fire fish. Or I could just fallow the display and keep it but not get clowns.
 

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Ok, I am very tired of reef tanks, especially since I have had 2 pairs of clowns die so far, maybe it’s just my luck with clowns. I might shut down my display tank and just keep a small 10 gallon with coral and the fire fish. Or I could just fallow the display and keep it but not get clowns.
Also , if considering clowns. . . two things:
Get from a different outlet and Obtain Tank raised clowns which are less susceptible to these issues but quarantine your new arrivals or at least give them a 60 minute ruby rally pro bath.
 
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Also , if considering clowns. . . two things:
Get from a different outlet and Obtain Tank raised clowns which are less susceptible to these issues but quarantine your new arrivals or at least give them a 60 minute ruby rally pro bath.
First time I got from petco, big mistake obviously, this time got from an actually fish store but they were fine as I have had them for 2-3 weeks and they never showed signs of disease. The one thing that did change was I added snails but I don’t their shells can carry it, or maybe they can? I am going to buy some ruby rally pro and get a good amount just in case for the future, and I decided to keep my display tanks and just add ruby rally pro directly into it for the fire fish, will it affect my corals? I have an anemone, hammer coral, and mushroom I am pretty sure.
 

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