Need help..... Newby to Saltwater Ick

[DB junkie]

I have kept saltwater for about 2 years. Never had any troubles with any kind of diseases until now.

The tank is a 125. Filter is almost the same size as the tank. Temp home for 5 morays 3 volitans 2 triggers a H.S. crab and a puffer.

The 125 originally had 2 morays 3 volitans and a trigger. Been that way for 3 months...NO troubles. I recently aquired 3 morays another trigger H.S. crab and a puffer.... Way overstocked I know but before splitting up the tank I wanted to get all the plumbing on thier new homes done.

2 days ago I noticed what appeared to be a few spots on the clown trigger. Assuming it was stress related (from the new humu trigger) Last night I noticed it has spread to the puffer and the lions.

I need advice on how to treat. I'm unsure as to whether or not morays can get ick. Should I just hypo the entire tank or do I leave the Morays in it and move the other fish to a qt tank and do the hypo on the qt tank? Maybe treat the qt tank with cupremine? Possible freshwater dip on the way over to qt?

ANY advice would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!!!!!!!

 

[guppy]

Cupramine will work if yours is a fish only tank, otherwise try Greenex

 

[DB junkie]

Yup fish only.

After removing the Cupremine (Carbon or Cuprisorb) am I gonna be OK to have live rock in there again?

Do I need to Hypo along with the Cupremine or is this un-needed? Will the fish handle both remedies used together?

Qt is out the window.....the only way I'de have room for QT tanks is to tear down the current tank.

THANK YOU GUPPY!!!!!!!!! I can't tell you how much it means for you to take the time to help out another hobbyist who is obviously in desperate need of some.

 

[guppy]

I am not much for SW so I will place this in the SW health section.

 

[guppy]

bump

 

[DB junkie]

Bumparoo X2 for what appears at the moment to be some freezer bound fish.

I'm having more troubles with this endevor than I can shake my ICH at.

 

[DB junkie]

+1 for the ICH.

RIP 3 year old volitan.

Doesn't even look like I'm affecting the stuff.