Kissing Gourami Possible White Spot?

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HI,Am not sure if the kisser has white spot on his tail and one fin or whether it had the spots on it when i got it,ive looked my other fish and there seems to be no spots on them etc...could this possibly be white spot,can i even go ahead and put the treatment in and also turn my heater up etc,what would the best advice be,i dont have any photos of it as it swims of when i try to get a pic,hes just acting the same as normal etc....Cheers
 
graham
 
Does it look like grains of salt? I would raise the temp anyway and do a water change, there's no point treating with medicine if he hasn't got white spot....I would go ahead with the salt and temp treatment though.
 
Thanks nic,it doesnt really look like salt,am just not sure if these wee dots were on the gourami's tail,fin etc what temp should the tank be turned upto?
 
Here is the best pic i could get,as it wouldnt stay still etc,hope you can see the dots ok
 
 
Sorry went out for the day, just got back.... Anyway, I've copied and will paste this from another site as this is basically the treatment,
Hi there,

To answer this question. I would stay clear of medicine for ich if possible as it can do more harm than good.... There is a better and safer way to treat ich in Topical fish (scale less) called the raise temp and add salt method.

step 1 do a water change ASAP 25% at min
step 2 lift your filter head out of the water a bit to get air flowing in the water or put an air stone in the water to get Oxygen in the water as the steps below this will thin the O2 in the water.
step 3 and 4 slowly raise the temp on the tank up to 86ºF (30ºC) do this over a few hours. The reason behind this is to speed up the life cycle of ich and also kill them off as they do not like the higher temps. Leave this now on this setting for 3 days after you see the last spot on your fish. Very important as to make sure you have got them all out of the tank etc. Add 1 tablespoon of Aquarium salt per 5 gallons refer to as a salt bath this will also help the fish out (do this once only and add the salt over a few hours)

Step 5 Every second day do a 20 - 25% water change on tank and make sure ya are cleaning the gravel while pulling water out. (remembering NOT to add any more salt to the tank while doing the water changes)

Step 6 sit back and watch the fish close and hopefully after 7 - 10 days the ich should be all gone and you have had no sign for a clear 3 days.(VERY IMPORTANT or you will end up with it showing up again as the ich cycle is not broken) When ya have had three clear days with no sign of ich start to lower the temp in the tank back to it normal temp over a few days..

I hope this works for you, good luck :)
 
Thanks nic1 for all the info there  ;) am going to have to get the aquarium salt tomorrow as the shops are now closed,so is it raise the temp over a few hours then and the salt,just dont want to do it wrong incase i might do harm to the fish...Thanks :)
 

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