Ick

[wvhillbill]

I bought a blue hippo tang on 3-25-04. Tonight (3-30-04) I noticed little white spots on it which I am assuming to be ich and matches the pictures in Terry's article.
Also in the tank is some live rock, 2 cleaner shrimp, 1 fire shrimp, 3 mexican turbo snails and 2 true percula clowns.
Has the ick cycle gone far enough that the other fish will be infected or can I move just the tang to a QT (yes I know I should have done this anyways, but I didn't and know better now) and treat with hypo?
If cycle has gone far enough to infect others, can I move LR and inverts to QT and treat main tank?
All I have for a QT is a 10gal tank and heater, which is why I didn't put the tang in a QT in the first place. (I just bought a wet/dry filter for the main tank and am waiting for a cycle before I move the bio filter to the QT)
Please help ASAP, thanks.

 

[elfdoctors]

Originally posted by wvhillbill
Has the ick cycle gone far enough that the other fish will be infected or can I move just the tang to a QT and treat with hypo?
You have to assume that the rest of the fish are infected also.
If cycle has gone far enough to infect others, can I move LR and inverts to QT and treat main tank?
Yes, if you have a lot of fish, this is the way to go with a small QT. Take some substrate also; many of the beneficial worms in your substrate will die off and will come back faster if you add these back.

 

[wvhillbill]

Thanks very much.