imsweet Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 I did the unthinkable and put shop brought stock in my tank. Now i have white sopts everywhere. (on fish)... Obviously i have to treat the whole tank, but is the white spot treatment ok for bristlenoses and corys?? Its the wunder cure stuff. I also have meth blue if thats better to use. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 ive used tonic in a tank that has corys and bns tonic treats whitespot and a few other things too good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Thanks, i have really learnt my lesson. Will do that now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snookie Posted November 9, 2007 Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 raise temp of tank for a few days to speed up the ick cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 if you have carbon in your filters remove it while treating the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vindy500 Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 i buy fish from shops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemines Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 ideally you should quarintine your fish for about a month before adding them to your main aquarium, but this can be a hassle especially if you only have room for one tank... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Thanks for the info, have raised the temp to 28, no carbon filter, just filter wool, will i have to change it or just rinse as usual? Understand about having a quarantine tank but all tanks are full atm. Took a risk and my others fish are paying for it. me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 I have used plastic bins for fish when I haven't had room. They work ok. the only unfortunate thing is that it makes it difficult to see how they're really looking cause you can't see them side on.. but you would know if they were behaving normally or scratching if nothing else. I will NEVER add another fish to my tank without quarantine again. Even now I'm sitting here watching a couple of mine flash!! They've been scratching off and on for months and months now and I've gone through a full course of treatment for flukes and a full course of treatment of wunder cure!!! I've gotten to the point where I think I'm never going to buy new fish again because I don't want to add any bugs to my tank!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 I've gotten to the point where I think I'm never going to buy new fish again because I don't want to add any bugs to my tank!!! Yup i know how you feel. I just wish i had ........................ ah well too late now. Theres so many contradicting info on here about how to dose, when to water change etc. I have added the 1st dose of wunder cure, do i dose everyday then do a water change on the 3rd day? or do i water change on 3rd day then dose again etc. ?? I managed to save 2 cory eggs from being eaten by the community and they have hatched tonight too. Theyre in a floating container in the affected tank. they'll just have to tough it through this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jn Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 I read somewhere to dose every day for 3 days with 25% water changes before each new treatment (probably on here somewhere!). For white spot you'd have to keep repeating that.. put I presume you'd need a break in between? Hang on actually...I have a bottle of Blue Circle 'white spot cure' as opposed to wonder cure... I'll go check.... ok.. that one says 1 treatment should be sufficient!! (yeah right!) otherwise repeat every 3 days for a maximum of 3 treatments. Do not do more than 3 consecutive treatments unless a complete water change is done between 3rd and 4th treatment. Hope that helps. Good on you for spotting it quickly though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Hey jn, Thanks for that. I'll do another dose tuesday, then vac the tank and dose again friday. Fingers crossed..... i cant see it on the tetras anymore (inffected fish) but the pearl gouramis have it still. WCMM, corys and guppies dont seem to have any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted November 11, 2007 Report Share Posted November 11, 2007 While there is tonic in the water no more white spots will appear, but it may take a few days for the original cysts to fall off from old age. Do a full treatment and a gravel vac or three. Sounds like you have it sussed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 ok, so the white spots have gone, i did a gravel vac, topped up with water of same temp, added more wunder cure (second dose). Just wondering now what do i do about the filter wool?? Wont i have to change it completley? I havent got a spare tank to run some through but i have got some stress zyme that apparently adds bacteria (used for setting up new tanks) Or should i just give the current wool a darn good rinse? The fish are all happy as the corys are still laying and the guppies are still popping fry out. Have hatched 2 wee corys and managed to net another 10 eggs today whilst filling the tank up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 When I was breeding lots of fish I frequently spawned corries in a bare tank that I intended to raise other fry in. They act like snails and clean up the excess food from the bottom (but are better ooking I think). Your baby guppies and corries would go well together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 well, update. the white spot has well and truly gone. did 3 treatments with gravel vacs inbetween. All happy ect. then i got home from work sunday morning about 12am. turned the lights on to have a looksie.............. one of the corys was real pale. (What now???!!!) then i noticed my WCMM very pale, the 3 male gups lifeless and pale. (one was resting on a leaf) HMMMM thought about it........ :oops: I hadn't turned the heater back down. My thermometer obviously wasnt working right, i got hubbys multi-meter and yep, 28*. So there i was at 12.30am doing a small cool water change. Just enough to bring it down to 27 then turned the heater down to 25 (normal) OMG i cant believe i almost cooked the fish. But thankfully they were all ok in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 Ain't fishkeeping fun? :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 only if u dont lose fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 oh boy, yes its fun. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 whats wrong with the Temp being at 28* for a little while? That should have been perfectly fine...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imsweet Posted November 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 it was over a week. Thats the only thing i could think of that would make them pale and lifeless. ?? The gourami were all ok and didnt seem to be acting any different. Perhaps the temp was more during the day??? but as i was working fri night, sat morning, sat night, i didnt really pay much attention to the fish. Ive noticed my smaller tank gets a couple of degree higher in the warm days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 18, 2007 Report Share Posted November 18, 2007 The wcmms and corys would not have liked the higher temps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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