Ick help!

[00pipirose]

I bought a small coral beauty yesterday and an algae blenny. I did not quarantine (please don't comment that I need to quarantine because I am fully aware and am going to be doing this from now on) I plopped them both in my 55 gallon reef (2 hour acclimation) both are doing fine however I see the coral beauty has ick! What would be the best option for treating it: should I preform hyposalinity in the 55 gallon? take the 2 fish out and putting them in a 20g and do hyposalinity? Or taking the 2 fish out and putting them in a 20g to use a copper medicine?
In the tank I have 4 snails (I could move these to a 10g if doing hypo in the tank) 3 green chromis, 6 line wrasse, sand sifter goby and a long nose hawk, along with the 2 above fish.

 

[Crabs McJones]

I bought a small coral beauty yesterday and an algae blenny. I did not quarantine (please don't comment that I need to quarantine because I am fully aware and am going to be doing this from now on) I plopped them both in my 55 gallon reef (2 hour acclimation) both are doing fine however I see the coral beauty has ick! What would be the best option for treating it: should I preform hyposalinity in the 55 gallon? take the 2 fish out and putting them in a 20g and do hyposalinity? Or taking the 2 fish out and putting them in a 20g to use a copper medicine?
In the tank I have 4 snails (I could move these to a 10g if doing hypo in the tank) 3 green chromis, 6 line wrasse, sand sifter goby and a long nose hawk, along with the 2 above fish.

Your best bet now that you have introduced ich to your main tank is to take all the fish out, put them in quarantine and treat with copper and then let the tank sit 76 days without fish so that all traces of ick in the display tank dye out. otherwise it's just going to come right back. Never treat or do hyposalonity in your main display.

 

[00pipirose]

Your best bet now that you have introduced ich to your main tank is to take all the fish out, put them in quarantine and treat with copper and then let the tank sit 76 days without fish so that all traces of ick in the display tank dye out. otherwise it's just going to come right back. Never treat or do hyposalonity in your main display.

Over 2 months without fish???

 

[NeuroticAquatics]

Over 2 months without fish???

Yes

 

[TheEngineer]

Your choice is now between managing ich or eliminating ich from your tank. Give this thread a read.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ich-eradication-vs-ich-management.188775/

I suggest eradication, not management. Going fallow for 76 days and treating all fish during that time is the path.

 

[Bug235]

Your choice is now between managing ich or eliminating ich from your tank. Give this thread a read.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ich-eradication-vs-ich-management.188775/

I suggest eradication, not management. Going fallow for 76 days and treating all fish during that time is the path.

Use fish Keeper to boost your fish immune system in DT feed fish well and they will be fine don’t panic

 

[Crabs McJones]

Over 2 months without fish???

Correct. 76 days is how long it takes for the ich parasite to die out without a fish host. If you don't and you put your fish in the ich will come right back.