Help all my fish have ich!

[schroom]

My 90 gallon reef has come down with a bad case of ich. It started with my regal tang and has now spread to my yellow tang, mandarine and royal gramma. the clowns are the only two who seem to not be effected. I started feeding food soaked in garlic two days ago, but am looking for any suggestions! My regal tang has now developed a fungus around his eye, kind of looks like popeye. Please help!!

 

[naesco]

Feed as much as you can of nori soaked in garlic extract. Feed only that food.By the 3rd day you shold see improvement
If a fish is really bad you can consider a fresh water dip.
Are all the fish affected eating/ Are any of them breathing hard. Do you have a Quarantine tank (QT)?
What caused the ich? Did you add something new recently? Is your water OK?

 

[schroom]

Yes they are all eating great! that is the good news. I did add a royal gramma which died two days later. I foolishly did not quarantine the fish and fear that is what caused the ich. The fish store replaced the gramma for me. The tangs seem to be breathing hard and the yellow scurries around the tank. I do have a quarantine tank that I could set up. The hard part is catching the fish. any suggestions are appreciated

 

[schroom]

How long should the nori be soaked in the garlic water?

 

[naesco]

Soak it in garlic extract for 20 minutes. The idea is to get as much into them as possible as quickly as possible.
If you are using fresh garlic it is ok to let them have the bits & peices too.
If you can find a corner of the tank away from any stuff like sponges, put in an air diffuser to enhance the oxygen in the tank.
If I were you I would get the QT set up just in case. I would recommend Greenex or TetraMedica Marine Oomed in the QT. I have not found copper effective but use it in the QT if it is all you have. Put an airline in the QT as well. Put things in the QT for the fish to hide.
At this point you have done all you can do. Avoid more stress on the fish so stay away from the tank and turn the lights off except to feed the garlic extract soaked nori.
You mentioned garlic water. What you should be giving them is the liquid you squish from the garlic cloves with a little bit of Selcon added. Again feed nothing else as you are trying to concentrate the garlic in the fish.
If you will QT, continuing feeding the garlic there as well.
Unless it is too late you will see results soon. Good Luck.