POssible Ich and parasites in display - Need advice

[91mini]

I added a Regal Blue and Yellow tang to my display (100G) without QT, something I have done for three years without any issues but have quickly learned it only takes one problem to really hurt a tank. About 1-2 weeks after I introduced them I noticed small white dots on the Regal. After reading up on this I started feeding green algae and frozen foods soaked in Selcon and Seachem Marine garlic. In the following months the Regal started to look really bad and even get one eye cloudy and with spots. Since then the Regal seemed to be getting better but I noticed a few dots on my Yellow tang. After all this in about 3 weeks time I lost a lot of fish. Even fish that I had not previously noticed any issues with including (2) clowns, (1) royal Gramma (which I've had for 2 years :evil, (2) Swallowtail Angels, (1) Wantanbe Angel, and (1) Lyrtail Anthias. Several hundred dollars in fish.

All fish look OK or better than when I first noticed all these issues with the exception of my oldest fish, my last clown fish which I've had since I stated this hobby 3 years ago and he looks absolutely horrible. Thick white dots all over his body!!!


Main questions I need help with:
1. Can I transfer all fish left from my display which are (2) Blue Green Chromis, (1) Clownfish, (1) Chalk Basslet, (1) Regal Tang, and (1) Yellow Tang into the quarantine at the same time.

2. I also have a Zebra Moray Eel and a cleaner shrimp in the display. Can they stay in the display while I let it go fallow?

3. I will be dosing Prazipro and need to buy some Cupramine to dose. Are these the best to start with? Anything else I should be doing?


QT plan is:
20 Gallon tank
20 gallons from the display when I do a water change today
hood light
heater
hang on back filter (will add filter from sump that has been in there for 2-3 months) The filter piece is the blue stuff used in air condition filters like the picture below
Ammonia detecting wheel (need to buy tomorrow)
PVC for hiding
Black background because the only space I have to put it is the kitchen counter.

 

[91mini]

Pics of my worse fish. All others do not look this bad. I can only notice small white flecks on 2 other fish and my Yellow Tang's eye is a little cloudy and puffy.

 

[leemajors]

i had it bad too , took out all invertebrates and dosed with cupramine cleared up overnight, still in 2nd week of treatment i only have a fowlr tank for now....

 

[91mini]

I have a reef so I don't want to treat the display with copper. I used Prazipro on the display but it didn't seem to help.

I have another question. Can I just transfer the fish without acclimating since all parameters are exactly the same as my display? I have everything set up and ready to go now.

 

[EddieJ]

Yes, as long as temp and salinity are equal you can transfer your fish.

 

[91mini]

What about leaving the Eel in the DT? Are Eel's affected by the same parasites and Ich as fish are?

 

[EddieJ]

I would remove the eel as well. They can be an ich host as well.

 

[caelanc5]

i would also remove the eel just as a precaution but they do typically have a thicker slime coat preventing them from infection like mandarin dragonets.

 

[MrTuskfish]

Eels are fish and any fish can host ich. The gills are especially liked by the parasites, no slime coat to worry about.

 

[91mini]

Would the Eel would be OK in the 20G QT tank with the other fish?

 

[caelanc5]

how big is the eel?

 

[91mini]

About 4 foot adult.

 

[socal_48]

I would not put the eel with all othet fish in a 20gal qt.

 

[91mini]

I could only catch the yellow tang and the clownfish. Started treating with Cupramine in the QT. Tang died. Clown is looking much better. Fingers crossed he makes it. He's my oldest fish and it would break my heart to see one of my first fish since strarting the hobby go.

 

[sandwi54]

If you don't remove ALL of the fish from DT to treat for 4 weeks in a QT, and leaving the DT fallow for 12 weeks, the yellow tang and clownfish will just be re-infected when they go back to the DT.

To catch the rest of the fish, either tear apart your whole tank or use a fish trap. I had to tear down my tank once before to catch a small blenny. Lesson learned.

 

[MrTuskfish]

If you don't remove ALL of the fish from DT to treat for 4 weeks in a QT, and leaving the DT fallow for 12 weeks, the yellow tang and clownfish will just be re-infected when they go back to the DT.

To catch the rest of the fish, either tear apart your whole tank or use a fish trap. I had to tear down my tank once before to catch a small blenny. Lesson learned.

This is the right advice. Please tell me I'm missing something: This is the 5th day since your 1st post. Aren't all of the fish being treated yet?

 

[91mini]

Yes, all are currently being treated.