Duke Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Have been having trouble maintaining heat... found one 300w heater only needs to move and it will turn off. 4deg temp swings has caused white spot on blue tang. Not a lot at this stage but still a concern. Other wise it is excessive mg, not likely. All other fish look OK so I'm feeding garlic and will buy a new heater tomorrow. Any advice? "Put in a container with water a microwave for 20sec?" "Hollywood have a cleaner fish - bit skinny will it eat white spot? - Fay as a beauty" "hospital tank - don't have" "pray - can do" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 my blue tang did the same thing a few years ago when my heat dropped to 22.5 at night for a while, doubt its whitespot though but likely some sort of parasite that goes away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 What brand of heater is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Any advice? temperature controller off jetskisteve? my temp usually hangs around 25 on the dial (although it can move up and down from 24.7 to 25.6) still, pretty much nice and stable and never any white spot treat the cause not the symptom? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TM Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 my blue tang did the same thing a few years ago when my heat dropped to 22.5 at night for a while, doubt its whitespot though but likely some sort of parasite that goes away Whitespot is a parasite, a common name though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 yeah I know that, I was under the impression whitespot were very small dots, the ones my tang had were larger than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 or is whitespot like what a doctor calls a virus(ie your sick but i dont have a clue what it is), a name for a skin leesons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 ive seen them range from real small ' salt sprinkle' thru to quite large as in almost the size of 2 mm coral balls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Posted June 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 They are reasonably large spots on his body and around his top fin. Heaters are good quality $70 each, blue controller but not sure of the brand without going under the house.. too cold for that. Temperature controller won't help when a heater fails. I use my chiller to control temp... have not set it up yet. Still connected to the old tank and chilling is not an issuie so I have been lazy. I will get it going this weekend with a new heater. Must say I'm a little pleased as I thought 600w was not doing the job, every time I looked both heaters were on but wiggle the cord a it would turn on and off. If I was using a single heater I would be stuffed. :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Go get a cleaner wrasse if hollywoods have got them my Tang loves him cleaner cleans him all day long!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tel Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 going away for a few days so i shifted a plug to make it more secure. well i must have tripped the rcd without noticing and so no skimmer and 22.7 c overnight :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Go get a cleaner wrasse if hollywoods have got them my Tang loves him cleaner cleans him all day long!! Cleaner wrasse are not aquarium friendly fish. 90% of them die after a short period. They do not fair well in tanks. But I guess people buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossco Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 "hospital tank - don't have" Yes, you do - its called your old tank! You won't need a lot of water in it if you do need to use it as a hospital/QT tank in emergency. My understanding is that for true WS you can't really see the critter (parasite) well but you can see the site where they bore into/under your fish's skin and create a covering over itself. It looks like grains of salt but half the grain is INTO your fish. I would say in the circumstances though WS would be a prime suspect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Cleaner wrasse are not aquarium friendly fish. Bull! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 insulate your sump setup properly so your poor heaters don't slave themselves to death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cracker Posted June 23, 2006 Report Share Posted June 23, 2006 Bull! Fay, Have you studied them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 Fay, Have you studied them? Fay has got one so studies every day GREAT LITTLE FISH all my fish absolutely love him they line up for a clean and he is reef safe so what point are you making? I know they are only suited to big reef tanks with plenty of fish to clean, maybe that's why I have no bother. :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drifty Posted June 24, 2006 Report Share Posted June 24, 2006 I had a cleaner for over a year, a great fish cleaned everyone but my maroon clowns who didnt like him. It jumped unfortunately but I would definately recomend them if you have ws issues.Mine ate mysis without a problem and was happy in the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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