[DoctorHypnosis]

Thank you all for your posts and for the link to a great article!

So where I am now with the Ich situation is that I have setup a 10 gallon biocube as a permanent hospital/quarantine tanks. I removed the charcoal from the filter and I have been treating the water with a copper medication for marine ich. I also add a separate air pump with a long air stone to oxygenate the water more as the fish were having trouble breathing and I read a great article on setting up tanks for Ich talking about adding a secondary air source. Of course I have no substrate on the bottom and no live rock - I purchased some fake plastic wall rock for the fish to hide in and behind, but nothing live other than the fish and the live seawater from my LFS. I am also making 1/4 water changes every 3 days with new live water from the LFS while monitoring my levels.

The first day of moving the fish, I lost the coral beauty and then the Sailfin Tang died that night. They were both very bad off and I wasn't surprised when they did not make it. The one survivor has been my female clown - she held on and as of this morning has almost no remaining visible Ich sites on her body. She is swimming around again and is eating very well. So I have high hopes for her.

The plan is to keep her in the hospital tank for another 7 weeks and purchase no other fish throughout that time. Then I will reintroduce her to the main tank and see how she does. From all that I have read, the Ich should be cycled out of the main tank by that point. If any signs show again, I will be set up with the hospital tank and can make the move to isolate her immediately - something I did not have this last time.

I lost a lot of fish and that was really sad and I learned a ton in the process and have a nice working hospital tank. Every fish from now on that I purchase into the future will spend at least 2 glorious weeks in the hospital tank before they are introduced to the main tank.

Thanks again for all of your support!