Good morning! I am new to saltwater tank and we got starter saltwater fish, now have hermit crabs, snails a goby and a starfish. Unfortunately 2 of our dominos have ich. We want to know if our goby and starfish are vulnerable to this infection? Can u please help us get back on track?
Ich
- Thread starter Belle73
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monkeysee1
Member
Hi Belle-
Your goby WILL get the ich as well if you don't act - your hermits and starfish WILL NOT.
In fact, assume ALL of your fish are infected, it's just that the goby hasn't shown any symptoms yet.
However, I suggest you remove your fish, put them in quarantine and start treating, with either the hyposalinity method or copper. Let your main tank go fishless for EIGHT WEEKS while you're treating your fish in QT.
Do you have a quarantine tank set up? If not - they're fairly cheap and easy to get going.
Your goby WILL get the ich as well if you don't act - your hermits and starfish WILL NOT.
In fact, assume ALL of your fish are infected, it's just that the goby hasn't shown any symptoms yet.
However, I suggest you remove your fish, put them in quarantine and start treating, with either the hyposalinity method or copper. Let your main tank go fishless for EIGHT WEEKS while you're treating your fish in QT.
Do you have a quarantine tank set up? If not - they're fairly cheap and easy to get going.
kmbyrnes
New member
It's time to read up on ich and it's treatment/prevention There are many good threads here on RC.
This one is my favorite and has been my go to method for treating all new fish since early 2015.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2388428
This one is my favorite and has been my go to method for treating all new fish since early 2015.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2388428
