Mr McFish Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Hi my tank has broken out in white spot and 1 of the corys has it pretty bad. Have done a 50% water change increased surface agitation and am in the process of increasing the temp from 22 to 28 slowly and have also treated with tonic salt. Is there any thing else I can do? my friend lost all his fish to this. Its the first time I have had the disease so dont know what to expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 It sounds as if you're doing everything right so far.....have a read of this article, it explains the disease and it's treatments http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 There are also white spot medications available. Do you have any idea what caused the outbreak? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 I use either Wonder Tonic or White Spot Treatment, they both work a treat. Usually round 3-4 days and its gone, don't forget to do lots of gravel vac's around day 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 You are on the right track Up the temp to speed up the life cycle and treat with salt (even rock salt from supermarket is good). The blue circle whitespot cure is one of the best I have found if you do go and buy meds but have found salt works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 have ript all the plants out and vacumed the gravel 1 cory is covered and looking sad while the other is looking fine. Would daily water changes help or just cause to much stress? would a salt bath help cause ive read that corys are sensative to salt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 To be honest I would go with the Wonder Tonic or White Spot treatment, do you have any of these?? I don't think it's worth while waiting to see if the higher temp and salt are going to do the trick, why prolong this for the Fish, they're the ones suffereing with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 what do we do for scaleless fish (bristlenoses, Kuhli etc) in a tank that gets whitespot? . Would be good to know in advance instead of panicking and doing the wrong thing in the future if it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 I would always raise the temp, use salt and tonic (white spot cure). can't go wrong for basic treatments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Seems a bit better now and has been eating some food and swimming around a bit more so will see how it is in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 If you have Scaleless Fish in your Tank and you have an Outbreak of Whitespot, it's best to half the dosage they say on the bottle. I half the dosage, turn the temp upto at least 28, leave for 3 days, do a big water change then dose with half the dosage on the bottle again. Usually by the second time round there is no sign of whitespot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted June 27, 2009 Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 thanks for that Lyndyloo, I will bear that in mind should the occasion arise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted June 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2009 Ok it seems a lot better this morning will do another gravel vac today because the spots are droping off and the corys are the only fish with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Blue Circle Whitespot treatment is the best around. I have whitespot a few weeks ago that I could not get rid of with anything that normally works. Blue Circle had it gone in a few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Have to agree with Bilbo Excellent stuff, I dont think it's worth the mucking around with Higher Temps and Salt to be honest, I would rather treat with WhiteSpot Meds and knock it on the head as soon as I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 the higher temp is to get whitespot to go through its lifecycle faster. It has a stage where its in a cyst and you can't kill it. So go with the higher temp definitely while you are treating it. Make sure you give the full course of treatment even if they seem better because there could be unhatched whitespot waiting in the wings to reinfect. I use a proprietary whitespot treatment like the other people here, but the tonic salt is an excellent idea too. I'd also make sure that my tank parameters stay in check because any ammonia etc is going to make the fishies more susceptible. Plenty of air from your airstone too. I think you'll win, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr McFish Posted June 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 Ok I havnt lost any fish and the cory that was real bad seems as good as new for now. I might get some white spot treatment just to be safe though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted June 29, 2009 Report Share Posted June 29, 2009 definitely treat them because of the lifecycle of the whitespot - it comes and goes in flushes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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