Carpet in a system with ich. Worth it?

[E.intheC]

Thanks. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what happened.. could have been ich.. could have been a massive sting. Could have been something else.

I remember the guy who sold it to me suggested I wear gloves when handling this anemone. He said she has a very strong sting that hurt him for a few days.

Here's a few pictures of my anemone...

This shows off the color pretty well:

And her overall health (color is not quite as accurate as above pic, but pretty close):

 

[E.intheC]

I found my male saddle hiding on the side of the tank. He's just laying there like a frog fish would. Breathing slightly heavier than normal.

I got some formalin at the LFS but I hesitate to use it... I was originally thinking it could be velvet or brook, but now I have no idea

If the female died quickly, isn't it reasonable to suspect the male will also? If it's truly a sting by the anemone, does the fish typically recover?

 

[E.intheC]

Not sure if this video will help, but...
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[OrionN]

That fish looks sick. The way he breath, I don't think he last too long but have no idea how to treat him. What disease did the anemone seller said that he had in his tank? This does not look like ich.

 

[E.intheC]

He is getting worse for the wear. I don't think he's going to make it.

At the time of the video he had white bumps on his mouth and his chin, down to his fins. I had to use a net to get a better look at him bc of where he was (and somehow my puppy chewed my container I normally use). I thought it may have been the weakened fish being bothered by the net.

Then later he showed dots on his fins and parts of his body (looked just like ich) and it looked like his skin was starting to slough off. . Then it kind of went away, but it's still there. Poor guy is still laying on the sand (actually now he's laying on the anemone) breathing rapidly.

It looks like ich but I haven't heard of it killing fish so quickly. It could be velvet also, but I've never had that in my system so I don't really know what it looks like in person.

The guy who sold it to me said he had ich about 6 weeks ago. He had 7-8 healthy looking chromis in his tank, and he said they were the only survivors.

 

[E.intheC]

Also, he has what looks like white stringy things coming from his gills. His lips are white. Fins are a bit frayed. He's not scratched on any rocks at all either.

 

[Psionicdragon]

I had a similar issue when I placed my friend's carpet in my tank that eventually melted. The carpet releases a lot of slime when first introduce. I believe this is considered very toxic. I would suggest running carbon asap and do a partial water change.

I am not an expert tough. Already went through 3 carpets: 2 reds and 1 rainbow

 

[E.intheC]

Thanks for the tips and sorry to hear about your anemones. Do you think the extra slime production happen with each tank transfer? I guess it also could have been from the anemones stinging cells being introduced, but I'm not sure.

All corals in my system are completely unaffected so this leads me to believe it's not a water
quality issue but rather something with a fish disease or anemone sting/slime/nematocysts issue.