Adrienne Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 White spot has a 7-10 day cycle so you need to treat for a good 10 days. Vacuuming up cysts on the bottom of the tank will also assist. You can speed up the cycle by increasing your tank temperature. If you can, try and work out what is stressing the fish as white spot is always present, its just that when fish are weak or stressed it takes hold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karina Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 I have a small amount of blue circle and would like to treat the tank with that but it's not enough to treat a 430lt tank. Shops in Hamilton do not sell it. Is it even available anymore? I have the temp at 28 and there is about 22 Tsp of salt in there :-? I will look into the stress factor further cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted April 6, 2012 Report Share Posted April 6, 2012 That doesn't sound like much salt? Just looking at a post or two on a loach forum and it looks like it can go upto 1g/l and one post even said ~1.5g/l (all worked out from tea/tablespoons per gallon so are approx). [edit] Just re-read your post Tsp not tsp :oops: so you do have about, or just under, 1g/l [/edit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted April 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 I have decided to treat with levamisole just in case. just wondering if i need to keep the tank covered for the first 24hrs. I have turned the lights off and covered the tank but i can see that my peacock is on the warpath and a few fish have shredded fins, so I'm pretty keen to take the cover off and just leave the lights off. My peacock seems to get bossy when its dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nudge Posted April 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 well, on my second round of levamisole, no real improvement will give it another week and if still no better will look at trying something different. Covered the tank again for the 2nd treatment and left it covered for the 24hrs between w/c. Sure enough fins on most lookin a bit worse for wear and few fish with dings and scrapes. I thought keepin the tank dark would chill them out but if anything they are in worse condition>. Either my fish dont navigate to well in the dark or there is some major aggression when its covered. To top things off my peacock has smacked his eye against something/someone and its not lookin to good, dosed the tank with salt and crossing fingers. Ever get the feeling your fighting a losing battle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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