Tank transfer method - possible ich

[Jeanette]

I ordered and received 3 fish (lubboki wrasse, royal gramma, and yellow watchman goby) 10 days ago (Thursday, Feb 26th_. I started the tank transfer method with all 3 fish in a single 5 gallon bucket. I did 4 transfers at 36 hours each. Then started the transfers at 71 hours. I transfered on Saturday morning, and have 1 transfer left on Tuesday. I have had a blue led strip light on the bucket, and could not see the fishes well. Today I switched to a small desk lamp. The lubokki wrasse has numerous white spots that look like ich. I'm not sure what I should do next. My thoughts are:

1) keep all 3 fish together. All though the other 2 fish look ok, I think I can't assume that they are ok
2) Continue the tank transfer method at 71 hours.

I have 3 buckets and heaters that I use for the process and clean them with vinegar at each transfer.

Do I continue transferring the fish at 71 hours until all look good? Do I separate the wrasse from the other 2 fish? Do I treat the wrasse for ich or use the transfer method for the ich to drop off? I can try to get pictures of the wrasse, but its difficult.

Help?? Thoughts????

 

[Tahoe61]

@Jay Hemdal

 

[W31Olds]

TTM can be ineffective due the numerous process steps required to execute it properly so that's why we advise against it. There are also different variations like HTTM. You have already found that buckets are a problem when it comes to observation. All fish in the same bucket are infected, and you have the restart the process. Three fish in housed in a five gallon bucket are also a problem. You would be better off with a 10 gallon aquarium and a standard QT Process.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/current-quarantine-protocol.825055/