Tank Move, Sick Fish

[new2u]

Hey all,

I have a Red Sea reefer xxl 750 that has been setup about 2 years and have recently had to move it twice due to renovations on the house.

Initially we moved it into a temporary location while remodeling was done about 6 weeks ago and this weekend I moved it into its final destination.

The initial move was rough but the second move was a smoother outside of a lot of issues leveling the stand. Things are in place now and the equipment is all looking good but I now have some issues with my livestock.

My hippo tang that I have had for about 10 years has a large sore on him that looks like the result of a rock slide or him running into something. I am uploading a picture with the post of him.

What's worse is that it appears that both he And my foxface appear to have some ich spots on them now as well.

My issue is that during this house renovation I cannot keep up a dedicated QT tank and certainly cannot accurately maintain hyposalinity.

I know that this is really a rock and a hard place scenario. I'm looking for other solutions to see if any of the fish maintaince companies in the area I have relationships with may be able to watch my livestock and treat them but I am looking for advice from the community on what a good course of action would be.

Is there a chance that by feeding good medicated (garlic/selcom/Zoe) food along with maintaining a low stress environment that they could recover or am I just asking for a complete ich invasion and tank crash.

Really stressed out about all this, apologies for the long post

Willis

 

[new2u]

Having issues with the IMg tags, this is a direct link

https://imgur.com/a/wzgiCXw

 

[Uncle99]

It's hard to see in the pic but that just might be ick.
Common especially in blues.

Once a fish has ick, your DT has ick.

All Fish must be removed and treated in a QT by either TTM, copper or hypo.
Nothing else will work.

Your DT must go 72-76 days with no fish to be free of ick.
Nothing else will work.

Once ick is present, it is doubtful on any recovery without employing the above.

DT treatments don't work.

Could they survive.....possible..... but in my experience....NOT...

Garlic, Selcon, this is just misinformation.

Changing the stress load, water quality, or food, works only when ick is defeated, to prevent a reoccurrence.

Sorry

 

[Sk8r]

If it's just a wound (due to pix fuzziness hard to tell) you can treat with Selcon in the food. Increasing the slime coat---there are preps for that; that helps against infections. And some fish do manage to survive and throw off a weak strain of ich, which if you absolutely cannot treat, and it is ich---is at least some hope. To encourage that change, fortification of the diet, scrupulously balanced water, and a slime coat aid are the best bets. WIshing you luck. A ten-year old fish is an indication you've done very well by him.