ich on new clowns

[miss neptune]

I think the two true percula clownfish that i bought from my LFS on Sunday might have ich. The larger of the two has 3 VERY tiny ( but there ) white dots on the outer "clear" area of his fins. The smaller one does not have any dots, but they were in a tank together by themselves at the store. My tank is 8 weeks old and all parms. are good. I bought a RBTA along with the clowns. There is also a few crabs & snails, a small feather duster, and a 4 stripe damsel in the tank. Should I pull them out of the tankand treat them right away or should I wait to be sure it is ich? Should I treat the whole tank?

 

[sml41]

I am new to this hobby but I already have had a go with ick; my lesson learned is DON'T WAIT to treat or you will definitely lose your fish; I used quick cure (found at Walmart and other stores) in a separate quarantine tank and he is doing good ; the other fish that I lost I just did freshwater dip and didn't treat; I wish that I intervened sooner , I probably could have saved them; ick can stay if a host fish is available ; you could do the wait and see for the other fish and if symptoms then QT them out of tank ; I think that you do more harm than good by treating the main tank ; if outbreak continues, QT and treat all the fish and leave main tank fishless for up to 6 weeks ; I am using this time to add some more live rock, a cleaner shrimp to the main tank while I am waiting for ick to die down. I did increase the heat around 81 to speed up the ick cycle but then my tank is fishless

Also, I have learned my lesson to quarantine all new additions to prevent contamination of my main tank; I won't make that error again

One spot on the fish turns to infestation really fast ; all these changes cause stress; FW dip, moving to another tank etc

 

[WDLV]

It usually goes away on it's own. Leave them be but watch it very closely to be sure it does not get worse. If it does get worse, Put them in a hospital tank and treat them with hyposalinity (1.009) and 1mL of Formalin III per gallon of water for a month. Treat the make up water with Formalin III at the same dosage.