yellow -fin flasher wrasse with ich

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I've done a lot of reading on ich and I just want to make sure that I fully understand some things. I have a 24 gallon nano. The original inhabitants in order of addition are a white watchman goby, clown goby, firefish, and the final addition an orange skunk clown. Then I made a stupid decision. The skunk clown was so nice to all the other fish and very non-territorial about his anemone so I added a flasher wrasse. I did not quarantine. I have had the wrasse for about a month and a half and now it is showing the signs of ich (white dots). The wrasse is confined to one side of the tank because the skunk clown attacks him if he goes any where else.

So my question is....Since I am pretty sure that the ich was caused by stress is there any point in trying to save the wrasse within my tank? Is my best bet to find someone with a QT tank to treat him and then find him a new home? I just don't think he would ever be happy in my tank.

Also what is the method for soaking fish food in garlic? I use frozen cubes of fish food. Do I thaw out the food in a bowl with crushed cloves?

Last question: Do you think my other fish will be ok? Since they are healthy should they be able to fight the ich off?

Sorry for such a long post.
Thanks for any and all help,
Julie
 
LFSs carry specific garlic soaks for marine fish. I use a glass salt shaker to melt my frozen foods in, you can also use little plastic tupperwares. I'd recommend trying to carefully net him at night and let another member take care of him.
 
Hi,

The only issue I see, is that if it is ich...the rest of your fish have now been exposed to it and it is now in your tank. You can choose to rid it from your tank or deal with it through various means outlined in many posting here. Here is one discussion on the subject but there are others with opposing views. http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=26171

Cheers,
 
I read through most of those posts and many more. Since my other fish are healthy and have never had any problems will they be able to resist ich, or will they all probably get it? Thanks for the info guys. :)
 
Even if the other fish are healthy now, ich will likely be present in this tank from this point forward if you don't take action. Any stress may induce their "viral load" to increase (I use that term not because it's a virus, but most folks understand the idea.)
 
Ok, the lights just came on and my hermits were having a feast. The flasher died within two days of me actually seeing the signs of ich.

So now my question is...If I start up a QT tank to move everyone into, how is that going to effect my skunk clown? I don't really think it is possible to move his anemone with him into QT. Would I just be making things worse?

Thanks again guys,
Julie
 
The skunk doesn't actually need the anemone. If you put some pvc pipe elbows and tees in the qt tank, he'll have places to hide.
 
Thanks for the info. I have never asked anyone in the tank rescue team for help before. There are a couple of emergency QT tanks listed. I would have to QT my fish for up to 8 weeks right, to rid my tank of ich? Are the tanks listed up and running in peoples houses or are they small tanks that you can borrow? It would probably be too much to ask someone to house my fish for 8 weeks. Does an emergency tank mean for a short visit only? I just don't want to step on anyone's toes if I ask for help. Thanks for any advice.
 
Not a problem at all- as to whether the tanks are up and running at any point- it's going to be a mix. I've housed fish for folks before, but right now my 20g is loaned out to someone else. If I had room in my 30g, I'd offer, but it's full up qt'ing right now. I'd pm the rest of the folks listed and see what the status of their qt tanks are.
 
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