Mrscmurray
Fish Fanatic
Hi,
I woke up this morning to find a singular white spot on one of my comet's fins. It looks similar to a piece of sugar or salt in appearance and I've read that ich can take this appearance. I tried to take a photo but the little blighter won't keep still.
Would you recommend I hold off for a couple of days to confirm what it is or get the medication for this asap? Also what would be the best thing to treat this with? I know there are quite a few out there so anyone's personal experience would be great.
He's young at present at approx 2 inches in length, currently in a 30l tank with plans to get a much larger one for him just after Christmas - another lfs just selling a fish story . We weren't aware of anything like the cycle originally so we learnt the hard way and the poor fish has inevitably suffered for this.
My parameters are:
KH 125
Ph - 7.6
Nitrite - 0.05ppm
Nitrate - 5ppm
Ammonia - 0
I've just done a 50% water change due to the nitrite spike so now shouldn't be as high. I usually change about 40% of the water a week and do a good gravel clean at the same time.
I woke up this morning to find a singular white spot on one of my comet's fins. It looks similar to a piece of sugar or salt in appearance and I've read that ich can take this appearance. I tried to take a photo but the little blighter won't keep still.
Would you recommend I hold off for a couple of days to confirm what it is or get the medication for this asap? Also what would be the best thing to treat this with? I know there are quite a few out there so anyone's personal experience would be great.
He's young at present at approx 2 inches in length, currently in a 30l tank with plans to get a much larger one for him just after Christmas - another lfs just selling a fish story . We weren't aware of anything like the cycle originally so we learnt the hard way and the poor fish has inevitably suffered for this.
My parameters are:
KH 125
Ph - 7.6
Nitrite - 0.05ppm
Nitrate - 5ppm
Ammonia - 0
I've just done a 50% water change due to the nitrite spike so now shouldn't be as high. I usually change about 40% of the water a week and do a good gravel clean at the same time.