Good afternoon everyone,
I've had my 50 breeder up and running (fully cycled) for 3 months now. I currently have three fish (Goldhead Sleeper Goby, Yellow Coris Wrasse, and a McCoskers Flasher Wrasse). Everyone until recently was doing well.
I've had the flasher wrasse for about a month, and up until a week/week and a half ago, he was doing great. It was then when I noticed he had many small white spots (the "salted" look), which was clearly ich. I quickly set up my spare 10G tank as a quarantine at 1.010 SG. I tried for many hours each day, but was unable to catch the little bugger.
Now the spots are gone, but in the last few days, he's developed an odd injury to his abdomen. I've attached the best picture I could manage, since he's still very active.
Also, just today I've noticed my Coris Wrasse occasionally rubbing himself on the sandbed, which to me is indicative of of a possible ich infection. So far the goby shows no symptoms and is busy as ever crop dusting the entire tank with sand.
All the fish are eating extremely well (diet of live blackworms and mysis shrimp), so there is no issue there.
I'm just not sure if I should perform the hyposalinity treatment to the entire tank. I know there is zero chance i'll ever catch any of the fish, yet alone all three. I only have a few paly frags and a hammer coral I can re-locate to my 10G reef, and can probably get out most of my snails and the coral banded shrimp. I do worry about inverts I couldn't catch dying and fouling the water.
Since everyone is eating well and are very active, i'm considering doing nothing. I know this does nothing to treat the problem (I've read extensively on the life cycle of ich, so I understand how no spots doesn't mean it isn't infected), but I hope the general otherwise good health will keep then from being infected continually.
Does anyone have any experience with a situation like this or have any advice?
I've had my 50 breeder up and running (fully cycled) for 3 months now. I currently have three fish (Goldhead Sleeper Goby, Yellow Coris Wrasse, and a McCoskers Flasher Wrasse). Everyone until recently was doing well.
I've had the flasher wrasse for about a month, and up until a week/week and a half ago, he was doing great. It was then when I noticed he had many small white spots (the "salted" look), which was clearly ich. I quickly set up my spare 10G tank as a quarantine at 1.010 SG. I tried for many hours each day, but was unable to catch the little bugger.
Now the spots are gone, but in the last few days, he's developed an odd injury to his abdomen. I've attached the best picture I could manage, since he's still very active.
Also, just today I've noticed my Coris Wrasse occasionally rubbing himself on the sandbed, which to me is indicative of of a possible ich infection. So far the goby shows no symptoms and is busy as ever crop dusting the entire tank with sand.
All the fish are eating extremely well (diet of live blackworms and mysis shrimp), so there is no issue there.
I'm just not sure if I should perform the hyposalinity treatment to the entire tank. I know there is zero chance i'll ever catch any of the fish, yet alone all three. I only have a few paly frags and a hammer coral I can re-locate to my 10G reef, and can probably get out most of my snails and the coral banded shrimp. I do worry about inverts I couldn't catch dying and fouling the water.
Since everyone is eating well and are very active, i'm considering doing nothing. I know this does nothing to treat the problem (I've read extensively on the life cycle of ich, so I understand how no spots doesn't mean it isn't infected), but I hope the general otherwise good health will keep then from being infected continually.
Does anyone have any experience with a situation like this or have any advice?
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