Tiny White Spots On Betta?

[Sweeden]

My Betta has a fair few tiny white spots, is it white spot?

also how do i treat?

 

[mattyd1701]

My Betta has a fair few tiny white spots, is it white spot?

also how do i treat?

yes its most likely Ich if there is any possibilty to quarantine the betta in another tank by all means do so if its in a tank by itself then there is a number of treatments you can use which will help personally i found that the King British brand works well just dose the water with the amount it tells you on the bottle dont forget to take out the Carbon in your filter if you have any in there continue the course of the treatment for 1-2 weeks even after the white spots have cleared up as they fall off when the fish "flick" against something in the tank the spots fall off and end up in the gravel and spread the quicker you treat the better chance you give to the fish what temp is your water? raising the temp in your tank to 75ºF this speeds up the life cycle of the parasite that with the combination of treatment chemicals should clear it up in no time.

want some more info check this out http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php its a good read and helped me when i had Ich in my tank

good luck

 

[the_lock_man]

Whitespot looks like little grains of salt or sugar on the surface of the fish. I used Protozin by Waterlife, followed the instructions to the letter, and it worked just fine.

 

[Dieses Madchen]

Also, if you can, turn the heat up on the tank to about 82-84. It will speed up the lifecycle of the parasite and cause them to drop off the fish faster and making it easier to kill with whitespot treatment.

 

[Fishy friend2]

This is how I treat White Spot

first of all, Its not worth it to quarantine the fish as the main factor of Ich is stress, caused by poor water quality, poor stocking, etc. and if one fish has a low enough immune system to get it then its possible that the other fish can easily get it too, so there really is no use in quarantining the fish.

1. find the cause of the disease. what is the stocking? how large is the tank? how often do yo do water changes and how much? do you add anything like PH up or down? Is the tank cycled? do you change the filter cartridges, or clean them out in tap water?

2. If you have fish that can be placed in tanks with salt then It would help to add some Aquarium salt, if you have cories, or other scaleless fish then salt would be a bad choice

3. Raise the temperature to 84-85, raising it to 82 will speed up the life cycle of the parasite, but in a higher range if 85, it will kill it off, and prevent the parasite from reproducing

4. Add the proper medications to treat the fish. The one that lock man suggested works great

5. If the disease progresses then it will help to give the fish "salt baths"


To administer a salt bath

Mix 1 teaspoon aquarium salt with 1 gallon of treated water (not tank water), make sure all of the salt is dissolved. You can then poor the gallon into smaller containers if you are treating multiple fish. The salt bath should be the same temperature as your tank, so your fish does not get shock form temperature difference as well as salt.

Scoop your fish into the salt bath and leave them in 5 minutes, unless the fish goes unconscious (rolls over on side and gill movement slows).

After the 5 minute period mix tank water into the bath to get 2/3 tank water, 1/3 bath. Leave them there for 10-15 minutes, ten return them to the tank.

salt bath info from this site - http/www.bettafish.com/showthread.php?t=25297

 

[FishFanatic04]

With cories would you half dose?

 

[Fishy friend2]

Usually with cories you don't even use salt at all unless it is almost unnoticeable. But if there are majorly deplet amounts then it won't even help with ich at all

 

[FishFanatic04]

oh I meant half dosing the meds.

 

[Fishy friend2]

it depends on the meds. though I believe with most Ich meds, yes. you should do a half dose with cories