A Little Advice Please Re: Ich

[amathews]

I have a 72g mixed reef tank-3 bubble tip anenomes, 1 Maroon clown, a brownbarred goby, 3 Blue Green Chromis, a Crowned Pearlyscale Butterflyfish(new addition), a Six Line Wrasse(new addition), 2 cleaner shrimp, and plenty of snails, crabs and live rock. I am currently using a wet/dry trickle filter as well as a canister filter and a skimmer. I had everything but the new additions in a 33g for 2 years but recently moved them to the 72g using all my live sand + new, most of my water along with de ionized, RO water and canister filter so cycled a little bit but no problems. 72g tank is in a new spot in our house and am now struggling to keep temp. to the usual 76-78 degrees due to recent hot weather (last 2 weeks its been between 80 and 82 degrees) I am guessing that the new additions (not quarentined - dumb dumb dumb) and the inconsistent, higher temps. are possible causes of white spots (Ich/Cryptocaryon irritans found on the butterfly, goby and clown. The cleaner shrimp cleaned the infected fish (mainly the butterfly and goby)but the next day the spots were all over again. I know all of them have been exposed and had some white spots at one time or another with the exception of the Wrasse. I have been doing a lot of reading about Ich and it's lifecycle but still have some questions. I set up a hospital tank (old 33g) and removed all fish from 72g tank. I treated fish last night with Cupramine and am testing copper levels and watching closely. All fish appear to be ok but the Wrasse is so small and I never did see any spots on her/him, I am wondering if I need to treat her at all. Since she/he eats parasites is she/he less likely to get infected by parasite? Can she/he carry it only to reinfect my tank later? I have a 5.5g tank I set up and am thinking about moving the wrasse to it and then, if I have to treat her alone in that tank then I will. Since I used the copper medication in my 33g tank, I don't plan to use it again for a display tank(pretty spendy hospital tank) If I have to treat the 5.5g tank with same meds. no big deal. Any suggestions? Comments? I could really use some good advice from someone with experience or has knowledge of my situation. :?:

 

[WRASSER]

Well there is some kind of stress going on with the tank. The move could have done it. if the temp change rapidly maybe, usaully colder temps cause stress to bring out the ich.
Does the tank have a canopy or is it an open top?

What kind of wrasse do you have?

 

[amathews]

I do have a canopy and the Wrasse was a six line. (I lost the wrasse and the butterfly within a week of my last post. A few weeks after that I went to check on the fish before going to work in the morning and found my brown barred goby on the floor outside the tank I held out keeping the chromis and clown in the hospital tank for as long as I could but after about 6 weeks figured out I was causing them more stress by keeping them there. I returned them to the main tank and have not had any problems since. I have not added any new fish and when I do, it will be because I have researched what would be best for my tank and not just because that is what they had at my local pet store!!! :idea:

 

[WRASSER]

With the conapy you can add a small fan, like for a computer, and add it to the canopy. it will bring the temp down. that will help a little.
Do you have a grounding prob for the tank?
How long have you had the tank up and going?