Uh Oh...

[imurnamine]

To make a long story short, today I bought a Percula Clown from *****. When I picked it out and had it bagged, I saw no signs of Ich.
Once I acclimated him and put him in my dad's 72, I noticed white spots.
My tank is a FOWLR, with three Blue Chromis and a Firefish along with the new Clownfish.
We do have some polyp thingies growing on a rock or two, but nothing spectacular. What should I do?

 

[wattsupdoc]

Pull himout ASAP (like right now) and QT him in something. It could be just bubbles from the acclimation process.

 

[imurnamine]

Im at colleeeeeege and not at home!

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by ImUrNamine
To make a long story short, today I bought a Percula Clown from *****. When I picked it out and had it bagged, I saw no signs of Ich.
Once I acclimated him and put him in my dad's 72, I noticed white spots.
My tank is a FOWLR, with three Blue Chromis and a Firefish along with the new Clownfish.
We do have some polyp thingies growing on a rock or two, but nothing spectacular. What should I do?
Are you sure it is ich. Are you seeing bubbles or white spots? They usually start on the fins first. If it is spots, then I am afraid you have now exposed your father's entire system to ich. I am so sorry. We can walk you through this. Yet another hard lesson learned by not quarantining fish.

 

[wattsupdoc]

It is most likely your dads Dt now has Ick then. If you cant get to the tank and pull the fish out then you are in for some real trouble if you did in fact infect it. Either way the clown at least needs to come out emmidiatley and be QTed or taken back. You will need to at LEAST after the clown is removed, watch the tank for the next 3-4 weeks for any signs of ICK. You must remove the clown though asap.

 

[sepulatian]

If it is ich then they all need to be treated. I am so sorry.

 

[wattsupdoc]

My only thoughts here were that if the fish were removed before any of the ick fell off then she MAY not have infected the tank. But if she cant get to the tank right away then thats to no avail. The clown regardless though does need to be removed and Qt ed. Then watch and wait before tearing into the DT.

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by wattsupdoc
My only thoughts here were that if the fish were removed before any of the ick fell off then she MAY not have infected the tank. But if she cant get to the tank right away then thats to no avail. The clown regardless though does need to be removed and Qt ed. Then watch and wait before tearing into the DT.
Wattsupdoc, as you should now be well aware, ich presented to the DT means ich in the DT. They all have been exposed, they all need to be treated.

 

[wattsupdoc]

So not for debate or anything, but to clarify for others as well as myself. If you introduce any fish for any amount of time, say even like 30 minutes to a system then hypo should be performed? Or if the fish is removed would there be a chance that no ick actually entered the system and infected it?

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by wattsupdoc
So not for debate or anything, but to clarify for others as well as myself. If you introduce any fish for any amount of time, say even like 30 minutes to a system then hypo should be performed? Or if the fish is removed would there be a chance that no ick actually entered the system and infected it?
If any fish has entered the display with ich then there is a great chance that one or two of the parasites dropped off. The tank has now been exposed. One could certainly wait until disaster strikes and be left with fish that are infected and have difficulty treating, but why take that chance. Too many people wait until they have a full blown case of ich and have no quarantine tank ready to treat. If ich was in the display all fish have been exposed and need to be treated before this gets serious, bottom line.

 

[imurnamine]

Okay.
I have no quarantine tank.
And I still haven't seen the tank since yesterday, I will be taking a trip home tomorrow... I'll let everyone know how it looks.

 

[sepulatian]

You can pick up a cheap tank to use as a quarantine tank. Let us know how everyone is doing.

 

[imurnamine]

Hooray!
I went by my daddy's house today to check on the tank, expecting the worst.
Good news.
I think they were just air bubbles or something on him, all the white spots were gone and I didn't see any on the Chromis or Firefish either. YAY!

 

[sepulatian]

Originally Posted by ImUrNamine
Hooray!
I went by my daddy's house today to check on the tank, expecting the worst.
Good news.
I think they were just air bubbles or something on him, all the white spots were gone and I didn't see any on the Chromis or Firefish either. YAY!
What a relief!!!! I have had air bubbles on new fish before. It is a little scary at first glance. Please tell him to keep an eye on them just to be sure!

 

[baloo6969]

if you had ick on your clown, part of it's cycle is to remove itself from the fish...reproduce, then reattach on fish.
just because you dont see anything, it means 1 of 2 things. it was bubbles OR your in for some more trouble.