White Spot In New Tank

[Em29]

The tank was fishless cycled for 7 weeks. Fish have been in a little over a week. All fish are acting normally, very very active and feeding. I noticed symptoms today - all fish were fine yesterday.

Tank size: 90l
pH:8
ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:20
kH: hard
gH:
tank temp: 26 degrees

Fish Symptoms: White spot on the platies - only one spot on approx 5 of the fish and one platy with a popping eye.

Volume and Frequency of water changes: I changed 80% water yesterday.

Inhabitants are

10x Platy
8 x leopard cory (all healthy as far as I can see)
3x blur dwarf gouramis ( 2 female 1 male) all in good health.



I have King British White spot treatment - not sure what to do. Can cory's tolerate it



Cannot believe this is happening. Please advise on if I can use this treatment with the species I have in my tank - if not who should I remove.

I have a Fluval U filter - do I need to remove any part of the filter (please speak to me like I am an idiot because I am still a newbie really).


Thank you

 

[FishFanatic04]

I wrote on your other thread and I think you are good to go. Good luck!

 

[Em29]

Thank you fishfanatc !!

 

[Em29]

Well today the tank is due for another dose - the white spots spread yesterday to more on the platy tails. However - today many spots have dropped off so I am doing a 50% Water change today and re-dosing the tank.

Hopefully this means the new dose will kill the spores that have dropped off?

 

[FishFanatic04]

New spots doesn't have to mean that they are worse. Ich can be on their gills and body for a bit before swelling into a spot. As long as they don't seem incredibly worse, I wouldn't worry yet.


The treatment in the water will knock out the ones that have dropped off. A gravel vac will always suck up some of them during your water change.

 

[Em29]

Thank Fish fanatic - all changed and fish are happy. I have slowly upped the temp to 29 but I think that is as high as my cories will tolerate. I guess tomorrow will tell

I still have another platy in another isolation because he was being aggressive and had a larger eye that look vaguely like it is 'popping' out. I has not got worse at all if not a bit better over the last 2 days. I guess he may have hurt it when being aggressive? No fungus as far as I can see but do not want him in my main tank so unsure what to do with him