ICH+Eggs?

[Guy25]

- I purchased 2 GBR at random for my 75
- I've got a 29 gallon setup for quarantine which I placed the GBR's in.
- I had terracotta pot/platter from breeding previous cichlid's in there, and after three days the GBR's spawned...which i'm thrilled about except for one problem...last night I noticed the female had developed ich, and this morning it looks like it has spread to the male. The eggs have developed black dots ( fertilized ), and I assume will hatch shortly. My question...will dosing for ich harm the eggs/fry? I'd rather keep them if possible, but I kind of feel stuck because I don't want to transfer anything in/out of the tank as its likely all heavily contaminated. Any advice/opinions are appreciated.

I attached the photo of the male, you can kind of see some mid body. Couldn't get a good shot of the female, hers is worse.

 

[coralbandit]

If the rams are not the only fish in the 75 I would not think your fry will last long ??
WHat temp is the 75 at ?
I would treat the rams and tank ..Just me ,but if you don't have ram breeding experience I would not have any fry expectations in a 75g..

 

[Guy25]

If the rams are not the only fish in the 75 I would not think your fry will last long ??
WHat temp is the 75 at ?
I would treat the rams and tank ..Just me ,but if you don't have ram breeding experience I would not have any fry expectations in a 75g..

The rams are in the 29 gallon which is my quarantine tank at the moment. They were meant to go in the 75 after quarantine but they literally spawned 3 days after taking them home from lfs. Developed ich ( or it was made visible ) yesterday.

I wasn't looking to breed them quite yet but I was hoping to keep the eggs since they went ahead and spawned already. Temp in 29 gall is at 83, they are the only fish in the 29.

 

[coralbandit]

I would treat the tank with rid ich then ..
The rams should spawn again ..
I breed rams because they are very difficult to raise and in demand ..
Not even close to an easy fish raise ..Having a good pair is worth more then one set of eggs IMO ..

 

[Guy25]

I would treat the tank with rid ich then ..
The rams should spawn again ..
I breed rams because they are very difficult to raise and in demand ..
Not even close to an easy fish raise ..Having a good pair is worth more then one set of eggs IMO ..

Now that I think about it, I did have to search for quite awhile to find "seemingly" healthy good colored ones...puts things in perspective. That's probably what I'll do, thanks for advice.