Clown Ich? Polyps?stomatella eggs?

[Deez31]

My clownfish seems to have ich. What is the best treatment or is he pretty much going to the great big reef in the sky?? Also, do stomatella(sp) snails lay eggs? I saw one of my stomatella snails with little black/dark brown eggs(?) seemingly to detach from her shell as she went across my tank wall. Was she laying eggs or was that just poop? Also, my polps that i purchased for dirt cheap seem to not come out like they did when they were in the store. In the store they were very pretty like an underwater garden, now they barely seem to make an appearance. Also, my hermit crabs are always crawling around on it. It hasn't attached to the rock yet. Should i superglue or use a rubber band or something to get it to stay in place? Sorry so many questions, but i just got a chance to ask.

 

[Aquarist007]

[welcome]

Your clownfish needs to be removed to a quarantine tank where you can treat the ich with hyposalination. This treatment lasts for 4 weeks and then another 2 for observation.

If you have any other fish in the tank they need to be removed and treated also.

Your tank then needs to sit fishless for six weeks to ensure the ich has been irradicated from your display tank.

You will find an ich thread at the top of this forum for further information

 

[PRDubois]

+1

 

[Aquarist007]

Re: Clown Ich? Polyps?stomatella eggs?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14828270#post14828270 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Deez31
Also, do stomatella(sp) snails lay eggs? I saw one of my stomatella snails with little black/dark brown eggs(?) seemingly to detach from her shell as she went across my tank wall. Was she laying eggs or was that just poop?

They usually lay eggs in mucous stuck to the walls of the tank. So it was probably waste.

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Also, my polps that i purchased for dirt cheap seem to not come out like they did when they were in the store. In the store they were very pretty like an underwater garden, now they barely seem to make an appearance. Also, my hermit crabs are always crawling around on it. It hasn't attached to the rock yet. Should i superglue or use a rubber band or something to get it to stay in place? Sorry so many questions, but i just got a chance to ask. [/B][/QUOTE]

Corals should be introduced from the bottom of your tank and then slowly raised so they can acclimate to your lighting conditions.
You really need to be aware of your water conditions before adding corals:
nitrates =0
salinity 1.026
alkalinity 8.5 dKh
calcium 400ppm
magnesium 1300ppm
Your tank seems relatively new and if using a quality salt mix most of these parameters should be okay
However what concerns me with the newness is the nitrate level--i would check that for sure.

Hermits crawl all over corals without hurting them. Some may retract their polyps temporarily as an involuntary reaction