humvee Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Hi A tank of our fish have just got white spot, In this case we have tracked the source down to some plants that we bought on during the weekend, as our friend's tank also has it (we got the plants from the same place and it's the only new thing that we have both introduced into the tank) Is there any way to tell if a plant has the white spot fungus before we put in it the tank? Has anyone quarantined their plants before adding them to their tanks? We are also treating with malachite green and have read that it is not good for live plants? We have removed the new plants from the tank but is it really a little bit late for this? Only one of our tanks has white spot at the moment, so we've removed the new plants from other tanks that are not yet showing white spot and are also treating them at this stage. Should we put the plants into the tank that has white spot to be treated? Or should we get rid of them? Or should we do something else? Sorry for all the questions, just hoping someone can point us in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave+Amy Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 up the temp to at least 30deg cel of your water and that should do it with a little bit of salt to cleanse...should do the trick. White Spot is more commonly caused by stress, too dramatic water temp change or sick fish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 whitespot is not a fungus it is a parasite. Yes it will transport on plants, and quarantining them for two weeks will render them de-spotted. The cycle goes: spot on fish spot falls off, attaches to substrate (or plant etc) grows releases hundreds of babies You can't kill it unless it is in the free swimming baby stage, and the babies can't live for more than a few days without finding a fish, so two weeks and no chemicals is fine (it would take two weeks WITH the chemicals, but if there are no fish then the cycle is broken anyway) You can transfer the parasite into your other tanks on ANYTHING that is used in the tanks (including your wet hands). Be super careful. Either have separate equipment or let it thoroughly dry. If the infected plants were in the other tanks they may yet get whitespot. Keep a real close eye and treat at the first sign of anything suspicious. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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