Is/Was it ich, what should I do?

[ReefWreak]

Okay, here's the deal.

My 120 has been up for a month. 1 green reef chromis, 1 tomato clown. LR, LS, skimmer, macro growing in sump, good flow, condy anemone, frogspawn.

I have been fighting with my tank to keep the temperature under 85F all summer, and yesterday I got a chiller.

For the past week and a half, my clown had small (unobservable from more than 3" away) white dots, I figured it was ich. I've been trying to capture him and the chromis, but I couldn't. So I let them ride it out. I feed only frozen mysis, no garlic.

I installed a chiller yesterday, and finally brought the temperature down to 77-79 over about 24 hours.

I looked this afternoon, and the ich spots are all gone. I understand that the organisms are still in the water, however is there no immediate threat anymore? Can I add a few more fish without worrying about a tankwide ich crash?

 

[Steven Pro]

I would remove those two fish and treat them in a proper quarantine tank. And, then use that same quarantine tank for all new additions so you don't reinfect your display.

Here is some related reading for you:

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-06/sp/index.php

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-10/sp/feature/index.htm

 

[ReefWreak]

Thank you very much Steven. You are one of the great professionals who take time out of their lives to be active in ReefCentral, and make RC that much more helpful and enjoyable for the rest of us non-professionals, and we certainly appriciate your contributions!

I shall quarantine the fish when I can catch them, and I will quarantine all new fish before I let them into the display.

Thanks again!