What to do with wrasses

[Neebles]

Sorry, I'm sure this topic has been done to death.. My tank is having a battle with ich currently. I'm not quite sure how I got it as there has been no new additions to my tank for over a month, and the last fish was in hypo qt before he was added. Anyway, I have pulled out 3 fish, a foxface, a sharknose goby and a yellow clown goby. They are being treated with cupramine and are doing well. My problem is, I have a fairy wrasse and a leopard wrasse that are still on my DT as I don't know what to do with them. They aren't showing any signs of disease or stress YET, but I know ich will still live on in the system as long as they are in there.

I don't worry about the fairy wrasse as much as the leopard. He eats anything that you throw at him...and I would like to keep it that way.

What would your recommendation be as far as qt for them while my tank runs fallow? I have read that wrasses don't tolerate cupramine, so that's why I haven't started that yet...I have another tank that I can set up and run differently, but I just don't know the beat course of action to take, especially since they are showing no symptoms of disease.

 

[ThRoewer]

I would set up a holding tank large enough for all fish, decorate it with ceramic flower pots (whole or broken), PVC pieces or artificial (dry!) live rock, add some bacteria starter (from a bottle) and let it cycle for two weeks.
This tank needs to have a filter and a skimmer.

At the same time I would put all fish through TTM (I personally would do it at hyposaline condition). You can do them all together, in small batches or one by one, depending on how sick they are or how large they are and what tanks you have available.
For TTM you can use plastic bins. Provide hiding places with PVC pieces or flower pots - anything you can easily sterilize by drying or boiling.

After TTM the fish go into the prepared holding tank and stay there until the fallow period of the display dank is over.

 

[Neebles]

Ok cool. I'll give that a shot

 

[snorvich]

I would set up a holding tank large enough for all fish, decorate it with ceramic flower pots (whole or broken), PVC pieces or artificial (dry!) live rock, add some bacteria starter (from a bottle) and let it cycle for two weeks.
This tank needs to have a filter and a skimmer.

At the same time I would put all fish through TTM (I personally would do it at hyposaline condition). You can do them all together, in small batches or one by one, depending on how sick they are or how large they are and what tanks you have available.
For TTM you can use plastic bins. Provide hiding places with PVC pieces or flower pots - anything you can easily sterilize by drying or boiling.

After TTM the fish go into the prepared holding tank and stay there until the fallow period of the display dank is over.

Excellent advice.

 

[Neebles]

Fantastic. I believe petco is having a dollar per gallon sale so im going to go grab a couple of tanks etc. Thanks for the advise and the second of said advice.