ich, taking suggestions and advise

[Rueda]

I just discovered 2 of my fish, blue tang and orange anthias have ich (I see white spots on them)

SO now I'm going to purchase a QT tank, power filter for that, and copper meds.

What should I di with my main display tank? I have reef in it plus other fish? Obviously a water change. What else do you guys recommend? I really do not want to lose any fish or coral

 

[Joey waid]

The best thing is to let the display tank go fishless for no less than 76 days.

 

[Rueda]

what about the coral?

 

[Joey waid]

what about the coral?

Coral can stay along with all inverts. Ich only lives off of fish.

 

[Rueda]

sweet,
Will begin the long curing journey Tuesday. My only concern are the blenny since he eat algae, the goby since the QT tank will be sandless and the mandarin since there will be no copepods

 

[Joey waid]

sweet,
Will begin the long curing journey Tuesday. My only concern are the blenny since he eat algae, the goby since the QT tank will be sandless and the mandarin since there will be no copepods

Those are good concerns. I know our blennies would eat mysis too?

 

[Josett Waid]

sweet,
Will begin the long curing journey Tuesday. My only concern are the blenny since he eat algae, the goby since the QT tank will be sandless and the mandarin since there will be no copepods

You can put sand in a QT, get a small dish and put some sand in it for the goby. The mandarin that's a tough one but maybe try to get him to eat mysis but I don't know I've never had a mandarin so hopefully someone can give you more info on that but also make sure you have a lot of hiding spots for them. Mine love fake plants also you can get some small white pvc pieces for them to hid and lay in.
Also what type of blenny do you have?

 

[mcarroll]

How old is the display?

What are the tank dimensions?

How many other fish are there?

How long have the blue tang and anthias been in there?

How about the rest of the fish?

What have you been feeding them?

cc: @Brew12

 

[Cary Meredith]

There is a reef safe treatment, that I have used called kick ich, I've had to double dose but seems to work, and haven't list any inverts to it.

 

[Josett Waid]

There is a reef safe treatment, that I have used called kick ich, I've had to double dose but seems to work, and haven't list any inverts to it.

That's an ich management.. He most likely wants to get rid of it for good.

 

[Josett Waid]

But I want to make sure are you positive it's ich? @Rueda sometimes velvet and ich look just alike. I think if you add some pics we can make sure it's ich. Because if it's velvet you need to treat them fast, like yesterday.

 

[Reef2zach]

Good luck with the treatment. One of the hardest parts is getting the fish out of a tank lol. Also make sure your watching the fish like a hawk and your quarantine tank parameters are solid since your fish is about to be really stressed and doesn't need added stress of fluctuating Temps and salinity

 

[domination2580]

Mandarins will NOT tolerate copper so no way for treating him in the qt. The only saving grace is the fact that they have a thick slime coat that protects them from ich to an extent. I would put him in a seperate system, buy pods, add Chaeto, amd just keep a good eye on him. Treat the others for ich in a apostate qt tank and let the tank be fallow for a minimum of 76 days

 

[DLHDesign]

Mandarins will NOT tolerate copper so no way for treating him in the qt.

You could use TTM for the mandarin (and other fish as well if they are not afflicted too bad) to eliminate the ick parasite. This still requires multiple QT tanks, but at least you can (in theory) have all your fish together, so only one QT running at a time.
A 5min freshwater dip may help provide temporary relief to the afflicted fish before they go into QT as well. Could also help to confirm that it's not flukes.

In any case; I agree with all the above - 76+ days fallow (no fish) in DT and some pictures/description of behavior would help to ensure it is ick and not something else. Note that since ick can "bloom" due to a decline in fish health (and/or increase in stress), it's possible that there's something else - potentially less visible - also going on that triggered the outbreak.