bychineva Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 So today, we had 50 guest come over for a bbq...i was told this 6 year old tipped lemonade into my tank 3hrs after this drama i noticed all my fish had white spot.little dragons..i did a water change and 2 hours later eve more white spots...all the fish smoothered with them...anyone know of white spot cures which i can use with corals? and is hollywoods open tommorow? or does anyone have some cure i can buy off....thanks :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 slow down. evenif something gets tipped into your tank its highly unlikely that you will have white spot within 3 hours. wait and see until tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bychineva Posted December 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 i had no white spots on any fish this morning....absolutely nothing and after the instance..its covered with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 if your in the cold and nearly freezing to death for an hour and you get inside then you will not have the flu right away it will take some time to develop. same goes with white spot, those little bastards are not waiting fully grown in some tank corner to attack. for them it takes a while (growing, multiplying etc) before they show up on your fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bychineva Posted December 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 if that is the case then what cure is therE? coral safe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 I agree with cookie - whitespot would NOT have been 'caused' by lemonade going into tank. Water parameters still okay? Addition of a high amount of carbonated water??? via lemonade? Unusual for ALL fish to come down suddenly with whitespot as different species have differing rates of vulnerability. For me - no such thing as proven (effective) reef safe cure to be used in reef tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Here's a link to a few articles: http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/general-reef-aquarium-discussion/14478-ich-treatments.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alf Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I just bought a Salifert product to be used in reef tanks for white spot, called "Stop Parasites" (no copper) from Hollywoods to treat my tank. PM me if you want more information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I just bought a Salifert product to be used in reef tanks for white spot, called "Stop Parasites" (no copper) from Hollywoods to treat my tank. PM me if you want more information. I tried this and it didn't work for me. I suppose one could argue that things may have been worse had I not used it. Hard to say. Let us know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bychineva Posted December 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 I tried this and it didn't work for me. I suppose one could argue that things may have been worse had I not used it. Hard to say. Let us know how it goes. what didnt work for you ...? it effect ur corals?> or the white spots remained on the fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raeh1 Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 as always I reakon cleaner shrimp are your best bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubbles Posted December 26, 2006 Report Share Posted December 26, 2006 what didnt work for you ...? it effect ur corals?> or the white spots remained on the fish? It had no affect on corals that I could see, but it didn't seem to help much with the whitespot problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 The lemonade may contain both sugar & preservatives, one will help bacteria, one hinder. All you can do is monitor water quality & ride this out. Maybe run some carbon although not sure if this will help. Once water is back to normal it's pretty likely the fish will shrug off the whitespot also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petplanet Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 UV has done the trick for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrem Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 I added a UV unit to my tank also due to small scale whitespot issues, havent had any issues since. My unit is an aquamedic one (as only thing I could get in NZ quickly) and its definetlety not a fancy one running a T5 bulb or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bychineva Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 i thought about placing a uv in but its not recommended in a zeovit tank.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 How are they looking today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bychineva Posted December 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 i dosed the medication ..slightly less white spots no effect ont hew corals as yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted December 27, 2006 Report Share Posted December 27, 2006 The waiting game has always worked for me. Just let the tank go through the cycle and hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazymranch Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 those little bastards are not waiting fully grown in some tank corner to attack. for them it takes a while (growing, multiplying etc) before they show up on your fish. I was under the impression that this was actually the case. I thought that the parasites were endemic but kept in check in a healthy fish. However, the depressed immune system of a stressed fish could allow a momentary and sudden imbalance and allow the parasites to flourish, seen as a "sudden" outbreak. It happens pretty commonly in mammalian immunology. For a fish, 3 hours could be a pretty long time and for some parasites it is literally several hundred or even thousand lifetimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 My tuppence worth: In most tanks whitespot is endemic but the incidence is below 'visible' presence. Even though it can remian dormant for 4-5 weeks in substrate, it must be finding some host in order to keep the reproductive cycle going, just below the radar for us tank keepers. If this is the case, on any one day there is likely to be a stage of whitespot looking for a host to keep their reproductive cycle going. The resistance of the potential host fish restricts this. The debate would be about whether a WS theront would be capable of latching onto a fish, burrowing into the skin, growing, and forming a lesion visible to our eye, in a matter of hours. Plenty of other stuff to throw in; some writers believe theronts/tomites are most active at night which is why fish can seem clean in the morning (theronts have exited fish/ cleaner shrimps have had a better chance to clean fish) but infected later in the day when previously invading theronts have developed lesions. I think there is a degree of support for your view HazyM cause we probably all know of fish that have 'developed' whitespot within a day of being put in a new tank. The question is how long it was already developing on the host fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazymranch Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Agreed Rossco, and thanks for the clarification. Barring the problem being something that looks a lot like white spot, it seems that the fact remains that his fish actually do have whitespot. Based on what you said, I would assume that the breakout was on the verge of occurring and only being held in check by the health of his fish. The stress of the "incident" having depressed their immune systems seems to have done just enough to allow the lesions to appear "suddenly". Either way, it is just a shame that it happens and I sympathize. That kid should spend the next 5 years in "time out"...or a good solid smack if that is his parents' style. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bychineva Posted December 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2006 a solid smack...there parents offered me 100 and i just laughed...just wish i had a lionfish in it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alf Posted January 1, 2007 Report Share Posted January 1, 2007 I have now lost all my fish to whitespot, despite the medication... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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