Guest Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Hi guys I have a community tank which includes Platys, BN's, Kuhli's & Clown loaches. I'v had whitespot once before but that was before I got the Loaches & I've heard that you cant use Whitespot treatment on Loaches, is that right? The whitespot was brought in by a new Platy which didn't show any sign of it til day 3. I have TONIC & WHITESPOT treatments, which one is best to use, or is there something different that I could get? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I would start by testing your water to determine why otherwise healthy fish would catch whitespot - whitespot is present in all freshwater anyway, and only weakened fish catch it (healthy fish can repell the parasite no problem at all) - you will probably find you need to do some tank maintenance, including a large water change. Use the whitespot treatment if there is no improvement after 2 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 Don't use full strength chemical treatments on loaches ..... slime coat fish! I had it myself and this is what worked for me. Remove carbon from filter if you use it. Use "1/2" strength chemical treatment (White Spot Cure) and raise the water temp slowly over 24 hours or so to 30C (no more). Keep your eye on temp sensative fish and you may need to remove plants. Aeration will help and gravel vac 50% of the water between treatments (3 treatments) and allow for the changes when dosing. A UV steralizer will help if you have one. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 I don't have real plants, but why is there a possibilty that plants would have to be removed? Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuba Sam Posted December 9, 2007 Report Share Posted December 9, 2007 My two new clown loaches developed whitespot a couple of days after arriving - I treated the whole tank with quarter strength whitespot cure and no probs since- I used the count the drops method - the drops always seem way too big to be 0.1 ml hence quarter strength. I raised the tank temperature by two degrees too. One dose seemed to fix the problem. Good luck with sorting it all out. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrEd Posted December 10, 2007 Report Share Posted December 10, 2007 Like fish, some plants don't like 30deg.! One dose may make the symptoms on the fish disappear but the parasite has different stages and to kill them all. Here is a link I found very useful and imformative. http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?t=2599 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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