how my zebra goby didnt catch ick and everything else did and died

[arnaldolex]

i had recently posted that i caught ick from some fish i bought from petland on broadway. withing a few days all my fish died over 5 fish so know i only hAVE CORALS A HORSE SHOE CRAB AND A SERPENT STAR AND ALOT OF FANCY SNAILS. HOW WHEN I WAS FEEDING MY CORALS YESTERDAY I NOTICED THAT MY ZEBRA GOBY IS IN PERFECT HEALTH HE DIDNT DYE AND LOOKS HEALTHY. I DIDNT WANNA ADD FISH FOR LIKE 45 DAYS BUT HES ALIVE AND HEALTHY DO YA THINK THAT MAYBE THESE FISHES CANT GET ICK SHOULD I FLUSH HIM OF JUST LET HIM BE AND KEEP DOING MY WATER CHANGES

 

[Jarrett]

why would you flush him if hes healtyh and doing good.

 

[ruha456]

Take him out you wanna have your tank fish free so ich has no host

 

[KathyC]

What you should do it take the goby out and treat him in a seperate tank and leave your DT devoid of fish for 6-8 weeks, and then you can be sure you don't have any Ich left in there.

Gobies can get Ich and there most definitely is NO reason to flush him when he could easily be treated using hyposalinity.

Can we assume you will be having to set up a QT tank for any new fish you get anyway, so it should not be a problem to treat this lucky fish that has made it this far.

Also, a Horseshoe crab is a poor idea in a reef tank.

 

[arnaldolex]

thats what am gonna do treat him in a separate tank now i have i question can i still feed my corals for the next 8 weeks or no food at all

 

[al0ha]

from what i understand, ich lives off the fish host. so you can continue feeding your corals. but u shouldnt add any fish to the display tank for a good 2 months

 

[isnyc300]

You can feed your corals. The ick needs fish continue its cycle food wouldnt hurt, but you def need to take out the goby.

 

[JonnyJ]

There is plenty of info on the net that you should be researching about ick.

Are you sure that it is ick that wiped out your tank? Generally, when running a healthy system ick will not wipe out your tank.

How did you come to the conclusion that it was ick? what fish did you introduce that got the whole tank infected?

Just because your Zebra Goby doesn't visually seem like it has ick doesn't mean he doesn't. He could have it in his gills.

Remove all fish, go fish less for 6-8 weeks, that will insure the parasite dies and you can start over [pending you actually have ick] .Feed all you want during this time.

But if you continue to add fish from random places you will just have this reoccur.

 

[arnaldolex]

I think it was ick if not velvet I bought 2 engineer goobies from the petland on Broadway 2 days later those tw goobies were covered with white spots and like hanging dead skin with in a week all my fish died the goobie looks healthy so healthy I cannot catch him

 

[JonnyJ]

Doesn't sound like ick to me.

 

[thirty5]

Im thinking Velvet. Which i think my tank has. Seems that certain fish are hardier. I had a buddy that lost his whole tank to ich other than a goby. I lost 2 anthias and a naso to velvet.