Setting up a QT!!! I need help :)

[stew07]

I hope you don't mind if I ask you more questions. I am having some problems.........

So my blenny is still flashing but doesn't seem as bad but it is still happening. But my deep water chromic I bought from live aquaria basically dropped dead last night. Before i could take him out my crab had made quick work of him. He seemed totally normal although 1 time I saw him swim by the rocks and kind of try to scratch his side ( I think?) My other 3 fish seem fine.

So I am assuming I have ich. Going on the info you gave me earlier I am assuming the only way to get it out of my tank is to start a QT. I think I am going to go that route. This being said I would like to ask some questions......

Here is exactly what will go in the qt.....
*1.5 inch starry blenny
*1.5 inch diamond goby
*2.5 inch McKosker flasher wrasse
*2.5 inch Marine Betta

***** I am assuming the urchin, hermits, snails and crab can stay in the display?

1. I really want to use a 10 gallon QT - is this ok? I could give my wrasse to a friend but would like to keep the rest.

2. What water do I use to start my QT? Does it have to cycle for weeks before I move my fish?

3. What do I do to get rid of the ich in my display?

4. What do I do to kill any ich that is on my fish in my QT?

5. Do you have to wait 75 days?

6. Do I need a light on my QT? Just a pump and heater ok?

Thanks for ALL your help

Cameron

 

[Rognin]

What you're talking about is a hospital tank.

You DT is contaminated and now has ich. If you want the ich gone it needs to lay fallow for 6 weeks (no fish, but the rest can stay).

You can either get all the fish out into the hospital tank for 6 weeks and treat all of them while the DT stays fallow, or setup a hospital tank to cure the fish and hope for the best when you transfer him back.

 

[MrsReefK]

DT MUST be fallow for 72 days (10 weeks) for the ich to die. If you treat your fish for 6 weeks and then put them back in DT, you will just be contaminating the fish again.

There are 3 ways to tackle Ich, check out the fish disease stickie on ich. Hyposalinity, Copper, and Tank Transfer Method (TTM).

Here's the link: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1992196

TTM is the most effective, I'm currently doing this for my fish.