90 Gallon FOWLR tank running fine for past ten months
Inhabitants:
1 Marron Clown 2 inches
1 Hippo Tang--3 inches
1 Yellow Tang
1 Flame Angel--- one inch
1 Marine Beta-- 3 inches
1 chocolate starfish
Middle of Nov Yellow Tang died no apparent reason. No signs of disease.
All other fish fine no signs of disease, all eating well.
On December 26th
After four weeks of Quarantine with no signs of disease added
Purple Tag 2 1/2 inches
Juvenil Emperor Angel (3 inches)
On Jan 7th Marine Beta all beat up. fins all chewed up with fresh wound marks(white with no scales) My guess the Emperor wanted its hiding spot in the rocks
Marine Beta removed and died in QT tank a day latter.
Jan 13th noticed what appeared to be the start of ICK on the hippo tang ( He had scare marks from an outbreak of ICK over a year ago. Unsure if I mistaken the scare marks for ICK
FYI: ICK outbreak Nov 2007 all fish removed and treated with copper Display tank sat fallow for 8 weeks)
Gill fins of Hippo might have faint white spots but they do not appear like grains of salt mybe I am just Paranoid.
Other fish all appear fine. All eating and swiming with out problems. No white grains on them.
Sorry about the rambling but I want to give all the pertinet information
MY QUESTION:
Do I pull all the fish now and put them into a QT tank and treat for ICK and leave the Display Tank Fallow for eight weeks?
OR
Do I wait and see what happens. My experience with ICK is that it is very quick to spread and it only takes a few days for fish to be covered in white spots.
I know the various stages of the life cycle of ICK I am just not sure if I am overreacting
Inhabitants:
1 Marron Clown 2 inches
1 Hippo Tang--3 inches
1 Yellow Tang
1 Flame Angel--- one inch
1 Marine Beta-- 3 inches
1 chocolate starfish
Middle of Nov Yellow Tang died no apparent reason. No signs of disease.
All other fish fine no signs of disease, all eating well.
On December 26th
After four weeks of Quarantine with no signs of disease added
Purple Tag 2 1/2 inches
Juvenil Emperor Angel (3 inches)
On Jan 7th Marine Beta all beat up. fins all chewed up with fresh wound marks(white with no scales) My guess the Emperor wanted its hiding spot in the rocks
Marine Beta removed and died in QT tank a day latter.
Jan 13th noticed what appeared to be the start of ICK on the hippo tang ( He had scare marks from an outbreak of ICK over a year ago. Unsure if I mistaken the scare marks for ICK
FYI: ICK outbreak Nov 2007 all fish removed and treated with copper Display tank sat fallow for 8 weeks)
Gill fins of Hippo might have faint white spots but they do not appear like grains of salt mybe I am just Paranoid.
Other fish all appear fine. All eating and swiming with out problems. No white grains on them.
Sorry about the rambling but I want to give all the pertinet information
MY QUESTION:
Do I pull all the fish now and put them into a QT tank and treat for ICK and leave the Display Tank Fallow for eight weeks?
OR
Do I wait and see what happens. My experience with ICK is that it is very quick to spread and it only takes a few days for fish to be covered in white spots.
I know the various stages of the life cycle of ICK I am just not sure if I am overreacting
