The fish does appear to have white spot so do a huge water change and gravel clean asap and get the temperature to 30C asap. You can raise the temp now and do a massive water change tomorrow. Just make sure the new water is a similar temperature (30C) and free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank. The water temperature has to be 30C tho, anything less will not work.
If you have trouble getting the temperature that high, insulate the back, base and sides of the tank with 1 inch thick polystyrene foam (available from pet shops or online). Just tape it to the outside of the tank.
You can also put a coverglass on the tank if you don't have one. Use glass that is 4, 5 or 6mm thick. The thinner glass (2 and 3mm thick) chips and cracks more easily.
If the temp still doesn't go up enough, put some polystyrene on the front of the tank and close the doors and windows of that room to help trap heat.
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Leave the plant/s in the tank. If they brought in the disease, well it's too late to bother doing anything with them because the fish is already infected.
Plants don't normally introduce diseases but can if the plants are kept in tanks with fish. Then the disease organisms can be on the plants or in the water that is on the plants and it gets introduced into your tank that way.
If you want to learn more about white spot, check out the following link. Post #1 and #16 are worth a read.
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If you have trouble getting the temperature that high, insulate the back, base and sides of the tank with 1 inch thick polystyrene foam (available from pet shops or online). Just tape it to the outside of the tank.
You can also put a coverglass on the tank if you don't have one. Use glass that is 4, 5 or 6mm thick. The thinner glass (2 and 3mm thick) chips and cracks more easily.
If the temp still doesn't go up enough, put some polystyrene on the front of the tank and close the doors and windows of that room to help trap heat.
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Leave the plant/s in the tank. If they brought in the disease, well it's too late to bother doing anything with them because the fish is already infected.
Plants don't normally introduce diseases but can if the plants are kept in tanks with fish. Then the disease organisms can be on the plants or in the water that is on the plants and it gets introduced into your tank that way.
If you want to learn more about white spot, check out the following link. Post #1 and #16 are worth a read.
What is ICH?
This is a common question that is often asked, what is ich and how is it recognisable and what causes it? The real term is ICHTHYOPHTHIRIASIS. OR commonly known as white spot. It is an extremely comon parasite that affects aquarium fish. It is highly infectious and potentially lethal and...
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