After the ich is gone?

Question

Ok, my hubby threw a lovely Coral beauty into my tank while I was on vacation. Ich followed two weeks later and all my fish died. (no QT) I now have a QT and an empty 30Gal Fowlr aside from my cleaner shrimp, emerald crab, 7 red legged herms, 2 snails and my Choco Chip Star. I couldn't add the proper meds for the ich because of my inverts and the ich annihilated everything in 2 days (before I could go purchase all the QT stuff) I know, I know. I should be ashamed, but here is my question.

(Before anyone wastes their time, I will be waiting 35 days before adding new fish and quarantining them first. I have read the life cycle of them and have it covered).

These slimy parasites are attaching themselves to my glass, I scrub every day and do water changes once a week because I don't want to disrupt the remaining inhabitants. Aside from doing what I'm doing now, does anyone have additional info for me?

Answer 1

They sound more like copepods or flatworms, which are commonly a result of excessive amounts of organic material in the tank, especially the substrate.  Frequent gravel vacuumings and reduced feedings would likely bring the "slimy parasites'" population under control.