My biggest mistake yet

[agave60]

I setup a 125 about four months ago and everything was going great until my stubborn mind decided to add a tang without putting it through quarantine. I had seven anthias, two tomato clowns, a midas blenny and six chromis before adding the tang. The tang immediately developed ich and I dosed the tank with kick ick by Ruby Reef, but that did nothing and it died within a week. My water parameters were and still remain fine; 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 0 nitrate. Two days after the tang died (I pulled him out righ immediately after he died) all of the others except for the chromis developed ich and have now died. My only survivors are the chromis, a fire cleaner shrimp and all the snails and hermits. I have setup a 30 gallon as a quarantine for future use and would like some advice on making sure the ich is gone from the 125. I have read previous posts and it's suggested a tank remain without any livestock for 8 weeks to ensure the ich has died. I am going to take the chromis out, but is it necessary to take the cleaner shrimp, snails and hermits out?


Thanks,
Carlos

 

[arizona tech]

dont beat youself up, i have done the same thing, leave the inverts in the tank

 

[White Tiger]

If you don't want to put a fish through quarantine, you can give the fish a fresh water bath for 15 minutes. This is not always effective. However, it can greatly reduce the risk of a disease outbreak in your tank.

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

Qt is the safest route...Freshwater baths are fine for some Flukes/worm parasites.. but does nothing for ich or Amyloodium

 

[tmkx3]

You and I are going thru almost the same thing but my tang didn't die. I have heard about ick killing that fast before. There must be different kinds of ick cause my tang was totally cover in spots for about 2 weeks before I got a qt set-up and only one of my clowns ever got it. I am so sorry for your loss. I hate it when that happens. Inverts can't get ick so you can leave them in the main. I have 4weeks left.

 

[BTTRFLYGRL]

Tangs are just more susceptible to ich. Clowns are more resistant as are Mandrins and Wrasses. Just because their spot free, doesn't mean their ich free. The white spots are the fishes reaction to the parasite. Tangs react badly, other fish may never have spots at all...I had an ich outbreak when I first started...my Wrasse never had spots but was scratching and swimming frantically..All fish have to be treated the same..Ich is a PITA, but it is easily eradicated with qt, treatment and leaving the main fallow for 6 weeks...and ALWAYS quarantine new fish!

Inverts can be left in the main..Ich needs a fish host to survive.

 

[agave60]

Thanks for all of the replies. I will keep the inverts in the tank and hope that after 6 weeks and new fish going through quarantine it will take care of a future outbreak.

Thanks,
Carlos

 

[cristhiam]

IMO I think you need to treat the chromis even if you don't see any signs of ich, I would go hypo. When I lost my fish a few months ago I had only one survivor that did not show any signs (damsel) after introducing another fish 4 - 5 weeks later they got it again now i'm using a QT going throug hypo and so far going great at 2nd week at 1.009, the main tank 3 weeks without fish. Good luck