Help is my tank DOOMED?

[Tyler lindberg]

Help... I have a 80gal reef with a mandrin, orange spot shrimp goby, coral beauty, green chromi and candy stripe hogfish. yesterday I brought home a small regal tang 2 1/2 '' from my LFS and noticed today he appears to have ick. I was able to catch him and I set up a 10gal tank to treat the ick. I know I should have done this before adding him to the tank but the store I go to quarintines for a week and runs copper in their tanks so I thought I would be safe He spent about 24 hours in the main tank and only has a few visible spots on him. are the rest of my fish doomed??? I have no way to treat all of them. What should I do?

 

[edwing206]

make sure you feed him lots and soak his foods in seclon and you should remove if you can.

 

[Tyler lindberg]

I will... He is in his own 10gal... its the fish that were exposed to him in the main tank that I'm really worried about.

 

[jdieck]

Hard to know, time will tell.

 

[Tyler lindberg]

How long do I have to worry if I see no signs of ick in the main tank?

 

[TellyFish]

30 days... but your probably not really ever safe until the display tank is fallow for 30 days.

 

[Tyler lindberg]

Can a mandrin goby get ICK? If I have to put all my fish in quarintine he obviously won't have his needed supply of pods. I remember reading that they are resistent to it. would it be possible to leave him in the tank alone for 30days and still have the system be Ick free?

 

[jdieck]

I will just wait it out.

 

[Tyler lindberg]

It's not looking good my coral beauty is showing signs so I will be trying to set up a hostpital tank for everyone. what should I do with the mandrin I heard Ick medication will kill them? & I don't know what to do for him as a food source.

 

[jdieck]

I really do not know let's see if someone else can tell.