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[pebbles]

checking on the fish,noticed little shimmering spots. i'm sure its ich/whitespot. been lookingat the posts etc and going round in circles.so . the fish that seem to be suffering from the spots are beacon tetrasand neons. i have bristlenoses and corys so i know salt is out. the medication i have in my 'box' is king british whitespot control.[active ingred... malachite green, acroflavin, quinine sulphate..other fish in tank.yoyo loaches ,dwarf gourami ,and phantom tetras and a molly... has any one used this med with corys and tetras[ a whitespot website said tetras and corys sensative to malachite green]or what alternative should i use? thanks pebbles

 

[CFC]

Ive always used protozin by waterlife for the treatment of whitespot, seems to have good results.
Unfortunately neons seem to nearly always die from even the most mild of infections, not sure if its the disease or the treatment that kills them but ive always found that neons just drop like flies

Remember with scaleless species like tetras cory and loaches you must only use half the stated dosage of medications.

 

[Plasmah]

pebbles

I just had my own fight with ICH just recently

I have the following fish in my 20 gallon:

1 Angel Fish
1 Bronz Cat
1 Pleco (Common)
2 Silver Dollars
1 Spotted Cat (The long whiskers type)

I used no Meds/Salt/Chemicals to fight it.

This is what worked for me.

Some will say all this does is excelerate the life cycle of the ICH parasite but thats not true. I used this method with great results!

Just up your aquarium temp to 86f (Do this Slowly) then leave it like that until you see the white spots all off your infected fish. Then as soon as the fish look clean leave the temp at 86f for another 24 hours.

The ICH parasites will all DIE!

And no Meds/Chems/Salts needed.

BTW: All my fish are 100% ok and where very active and eating well during the treatment. Also Make sure you have very good water surface agitation as the oxygen will be lower than usaul at high temps. I had bubble stone and my P330 filter moves the surface very well.

 

[pebbles]

thanks for replys,had already decided on the waterlife protozin and went and got it this morning.have only treated with half dose tho. cos of the loaches and corys. so thanks for the reassurance cfc.i think i've caught it early so lets hope all survive. pebbles

 

[platypus]

Hi Pebbles,

I am also going through a similar problem with ich in my tank which has scaleless species (clown loaches) and neons (for other tankmates check out my sig below). I don't know if you know this already, if so sorry , but with protozin on the box it says just to do four doses on days 1, 2, 3 and 6. You should ignore this and continue to treat every day until there are no more visible white spots, then leave 3 days and treat again. If you do it just the four times then it might not clear up properly, particularly if you're only using half dosage. I'm using half dosage and the fish don't seem to be taking it too badly, their appetites are fine and they're not lethargic - it is taking a while to clear up though (have been treating every day for 6 days and counting).

One more thing - do carry on with your water changes if you do them weekly, and just make sure you add the right amount protozin to the new water you put in the tank (plus any dechlorinators etc).

Hope this helps!

 

[pebbles]

thanks for extra info platypus ,its always welcome, thanks pebbles

 

[platypus]

No problem keep us posted as I find it really useful to know that someone's going through the same thing as me. I was getting really worried about my fish, especially the clown loaches who kept 'flashing' against the rocks and gravel all the time, until Alien Anna said on one of these posts that she looked at ich like the fish equivalent of headlice - very common and a right pain in the *rse but not too serious if you catch it early and treat properly! This made me feel loads better about the situation!