Need HELP

[rockfanmidsouth]

I have a reef setup thats a few months old - I have slowly added live rock, fish and corals. All have been purchased from two LFS's that I know and trust. ALL BUT ONE - I added a baby regal tank last week from a chain petstore and ALL WAS OK - I asked the guy how long he had been in the store - a week and a half - he was tanked alone - he looked healthy - very active, no scaring or tissue damage. Thought I made a good choice - He adapted quickly to his new home and got along great with his tank mates, royal gramma, firefish, osci and tomato clowns, blue side fairy wrasse, couple of snails. a sally and a two rose tips... I came home this evening and he looked like this (pic below) I think this is ich - I immediately netted him and put him in my Hospital tank upstairs (yes I should have kept him in there FIRST for a week or two :headwally Just got this tank set IN CASE something like this happened... So now what? What can I use to treat him and do I treat my reef tank or just watch for more infection? My other fish SEEM to be ok, they are not showing signs but..................... Any advice would be greatly appreciated... Thanks

 

[snorvich]

Your tank has ich. Residing in any LFS or equivalent is not in any way a quarantine protocol as their fish system shares water. Please read the stickies. Thanks.

 

[MrTuskfish]

You can't count on anyone but yourself to properly quarantine a fish. No LFS has the time, space, manpower, etc. to do the job properly. Even LA's Diver's Den (perhaps the best fish source on the planet) strongly recommends that you quarantine their fish.

 

[rockfanmidsouth]

Noted and agreed - Thanks - I have been reading the stickies and I will probably dose the tang with copper in HT and probably have to set up tupperware tubs in the den and empty my tank for a while to let it die off. I do appreciate the advice. - Thanks and have a good one

 

[MrTuskfish]

You can leave your tank fishless for 10-12 weeks and be almost 100% safe. No need to remove water or inverts. Ich will die without a fish host.