Whitespot On My Plec

[Luke & Penny]

Hi all

After a few hours of being in my tank my new bigger plec has come out in whitespot and so has my clown loach, its not too bad and theres no sign on my malawis ATM.

Ive since soaked their food in a little garlic guard liquid which is what did the trick when i first got my clown and he developed a little whitespot.
I have a whitespot treatment by waterlife called "Protozin". It states on the side of the bottle that it doesnt harm the beneficial bacteria in my filter although dont use if i have any Mormyrids,Rays or related species.

It also says in the instruction booklet that if there are loaches, botia etc in the tank then to half the dose.

Is it safe to use this stuff in my malawi tank? and are the guidelines theyve given sound right?

Cheers peeps

 

[tttnjfttt]

Yup, half the dose. an all cichlid tank would be fine at full dose, but because of the plec and the loach, you need to half the dose. Also, slowly increase the temp to 82, as it will speed up the ich life cycle.

 

[CFC]

Before medicating do a 50% water change and gravel vacume to remove as many of the free floating zoospores as possible and then as suggested raise the temperature to 80f to speed up the parasites lifecycle. Protozin is fairly good though i have found it often needs two full courses before the whitespot is completely cleared, a better medication in my opinion is Interpets anti whitespot plus medcation which works in just two doses added at 4 day intervals.

 

[Luke & Penny]

cheers peeps