Tsarmina Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 a cure for Whitespot?? i have treated my tank twice, following directions exactly, with Wunder Whitespot Cure, done the water changes and i stll have it in my tank. also any ideas as to what may be causing it? tank: 4ft gravel java moss indian fern java fern floating plant (unsure of name) another plant that jude gave me large driftwood small driftwood 1 x 300w heater 1 x 200w heater internal filter Fish: 1 x male bn 2 x adult peppered corys 8 x young peppered corys +/- 25 adult guppies +/- 50 fry (which are moved as soon as i can catch them) Parameters: ph: 6.0 ammonia: 0 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 40 don't know why the nitrate gets so high as i do weekly water changes. will probably have to do bigger ones. i have found no bodies as of yet so its no due to dead tankmates. any suggestions will be greatly appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishkeepa Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 meth blue worked for me when i had tetras, BNs and khulis - I half dosed it though Hope you find a solution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 What is the temp of the tank?? Bump the temp up to 30 degrees and dose with salt, but only at a half dose because of the BN. Should get rid of it. I have never used this method but many other people have so they can give you more info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 is the second 200watt heater really necessary? nitrate high, over feeding? plants decaying......humm.. would try evil's method but maybe not as high as 30 degrees depending on what the temperature is at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 You need to get the temp high because this speeds up the life cycle of the white spot, the cures only work when they are in their free swimming stage so the faster the life cycle the more likely you are to catch them when you have the treatment in the tank. As the others have said a half dose is a good idea because BN's don't do well with the treatments. Two heaters is a good idea, that way you have redundancy if one fails as they all seem to do after a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Wunder has a range of ingredients, if I remember correctly: meth blue,malachite, quinine and acraflavine all of which should have an effect on white spot. I can't remember if it says to treat more than once, but it should work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlee Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 I had a clown loach that took about 3 weeks to get cured of white spot. It used to hang out in a cave all the time and i guess the water flow through the cave was not very great. The other fish got cured but he got pretty badly covered in spots. I had to put him in a 2L glad container and dose him. I then let the container float in the tank to keep warm. It took 2 weeks of being constantly dosed in the container for him to heal. I guess the moral of the story is take out any places the medicated water wont flow to so that one fish does not reinfect the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted September 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 tank temp is currently 28oC as for the 2 heaters, Suphew is right. it's there as a back up if the 300w fails. it is set to a slightly lower temp so it is not on unless the temp drops. so, i should just keep treating with the wunder till it goes away? any rough ideas on how long it may take? thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benlee Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 http://www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/whitespot.htm http://www.fishforever.co.uk/ich.html Here are some links to a few places i looked at when i had my whitespot troubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocean4freedom Posted September 15, 2006 Report Share Posted September 15, 2006 I had whitespot a few months ago and got a bottle of Melafix. Rather pricey stuff I admit but worked a charm and had no negative effect on the fish. I also keep my tank on 27/28 degrees and haven't had a problem since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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