Kurt_Nelson
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It's a Fluval Edge, and I'm assuming it has the stock lighting. Not sure how many Watts, but I think it's just a single halogen bulb. And if I'm not mistaken, I count three anemones in that photo of the tank?
Not to steal thincat's thunder, but where he's going with this is that anemones need stable tank parameters to thrive, as well as adequate lighting. A month old tank, with the stock halogen bulbs has neither of those things. I know you said your anemone is thriving, but its only been in there a week or two - it hasn't really had time to either thrive or not thrive. Right now it's just trying to figure out how to survive. Small tanks (6g) are really tough to do for saltwater and keep stable water parameters, and a tough intro to saltwater.
Regarding your original question about the ich... even though the fish is dead, you still have an ich problem. Once a fish with ich has been in a tank, the ich parasites take up residence in the sand bed, rock work, etc and your entire tank pretty much has ich. Can't recall if you have anymore fish in there, but the only way to really rid yourself of ich is to leave the tank fishless for at least 6 weeks which will break the life cycle of the ich. At that point, new fish can be introduced - preferably after a 4 week quarantine period to make sure the fish is healthy before introducing it to the tank. Those links Melosu gave you will tell you more about ich.
Not to steal thincat's thunder, but where he's going with this is that anemones need stable tank parameters to thrive, as well as adequate lighting. A month old tank, with the stock halogen bulbs has neither of those things. I know you said your anemone is thriving, but its only been in there a week or two - it hasn't really had time to either thrive or not thrive. Right now it's just trying to figure out how to survive. Small tanks (6g) are really tough to do for saltwater and keep stable water parameters, and a tough intro to saltwater.
Regarding your original question about the ich... even though the fish is dead, you still have an ich problem. Once a fish with ich has been in a tank, the ich parasites take up residence in the sand bed, rock work, etc and your entire tank pretty much has ich. Can't recall if you have anymore fish in there, but the only way to really rid yourself of ich is to leave the tank fishless for at least 6 weeks which will break the life cycle of the ich. At that point, new fish can be introduced - preferably after a 4 week quarantine period to make sure the fish is healthy before introducing it to the tank. Those links Melosu gave you will tell you more about ich.