Ich on 6 line wrasse?

[charlestonfish]

Just got a Six line wrasse who may have ich. Don't have a digi for pictures. Fish has an abbrasion and fins appear to be chewed from previous aggressor. Seems like a few small white specks but hard to tell b/c fish always moving/ hiding. What's the cost of a quarantine tank? Tank is 7 mos old and parameters are good. Maroon clown and firefish have no symptoms but 6 line only introduced 4 days ago. Pls help

 

[beth]

You can setup a QT for around $50. Is your tank strickly FO, or does it have LR, LS, inverts, etc.?

 

[charlestonfish]

Tank has 6 turbo snails, 2 camel shrimp, 3 red leg hermits. I was thinking about taking them back to LFS and treating tank w/ copper med. I do have 25 lbs of live rock and cc bottom. Will the copper kill off the live rock? the 6 line is eating and is active. Hard to tell if it has white spots b/c wrasse moves so quick in and out of lr.

 

[ilove2ride]

Yes, copper kills LR and anything else u put in the tank afterwards.. my wrasse had ick, and fought it off pretty well. You may want to try garlic, and if all else fails, I would get a quarantine tank.