am i doing this right?

[luv4jjt]

First i'll start of with what i have. 90 gal with 30 gal sump. Fish and live rock only with a few snails and crabs. No corals. Well i have a bad case of ick in my dt. I have done water changes regularly and Treated the tank for 6 days with reef safe ick meds. I lost my dog faced puffer yesterday and don't want to loose any more of my fish but they are all showing signs of ick this morning. So I was going to put the fish in a qt tank and treat them while letting the dt sit with no fish for the 4 week life cycle of ick. I know that 30 gal is not a lot of room for my fish but the only other alternative thati know of is to treat with copper meds in my dt but from what i understand that will kill my live rock and sand. I dont want to put copper in the dt. So if i put the fish in the qt for 4 weeks what should i treat them with? What meds have you all found to work the best? And do you think this will work. The fish going into the qt are as fallows,
1 small (1inch) volitan lion, 1 sailfin tang (about 4inch) 1yellow tang(2 inch) 1 maroon clown (1inch) and a bicolor angel (1 1/2 inch).
p.s. we were going to put pvc pipes of different sizes for hiding. and bying a new test kit today. The lfs said my water levels were fine but my (new) test kit say's different.

 

[kingsmith]

You could treat with copper but if that 30 is going to be your sump again the copper will get into your DT, so I would say Hypo, sorry to hear about your puffer

 

[deejeff442]

the only problem i see with the fish in the 30 gallon qt is that the tangs will fight .probably the yellow winning.i had my fowleri and purple in a 55 gallon qt and the fowleri chewed off the purples back fins so i put the purple in my other 33 gallon qt.maybe pick up a 10 gallon for the yellow .i have put copper in my 225 dt and now it has a huge cuc and 300 lbs of lr with no problem.i just did a huge water change and ran two pads of culprisorb.but i wouldnt suggest it.i dont like using copper with lions or tangs because you will most likely get secondary infections.if you do the hypo i suggest 1.007-1.008 instead of 1.009.it wont harm the fish any and putting the water at 1.009 is a fine line for accuracy.just watch the ph ,get a buffer and premix the water change water in a seperate bucket for a day or two.
if it werent for ich this hobbie would be a breeze.
sorry about the puffer .i lost my golden puffer 6 months ago i was sick.

 

[luv4jjt]

can i just hypo the fish in the 30? The 30 that they are in luckily is not the sump tank. It's just a spare that i don't use anymore. Used to be my sons freshwater. I want to hypo the fish but i am having a hard time locating the right hypo meter thingymabobber. I looked for one today at the lfs in the area with no luck. So i will have to tavel a little this weekend looking for one.
If i can't find one i will have to use meds.

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[al mc]

I would not place all those fish in a 30G for treatment when I could move the snails and crab into the 30G and hypo the DT. Good luck at whatever you decide to do.
I would not use copper or any other medication in my DT unless I had no other choice.

 

[luv4jjt]

Sorry to hear about your puffer as well. I didn't think i could ever get attached to a fish but those guys have the purfect name. They are just like dogs. Thay have real personality's. lol