Purple Tang Ich

[corey.nolta]

So the only lfs in my area is Petco, unfortunately. I do not but any livestock from them as the store is absolutely horrible when it comes to their tanks. Always dirty, infested with one thing or another, or dead fish just left in the tanks. Well I went in today to pick up some salt and noticed they had THREE purple tangs. One was dead, and the other two had obvious ich. My question is this, is it worth setting up my QT tank and seeing if they will sell at a discounted price and try to nurse them back to health? I have never had to deal with ich (knock on wood!). What is the success rate? How easy is it to treat? I know it's pretty time consuming.
Or is it not worth it?
Thanks!

 

[FLAdaboy]

Fish can beat ich. As long as they are eating and you avoid as much stress as possible they should pull through. I feed new life spectrum, Thera + A

 

[CarrieB]

Read: Tank Transfer Method for eliminating Marine Ich
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2507836