Whitespot Questions?

[samihyypia]

I think some of my fish have white spot. I know there are several treatment available... Are there any that have a good reputation?

Is it likely to harm the other fish or plants if I treat the tank with swhite spot treatment?
If it is not white sopt will treating for white spot harm the fish?

Thanks for any help

 

[12azor]

I use the interpet whitespot treatment. They all pretty much have the same affect and should get rid of white spot.

If they are showing the signs of whitespot and indeed have white spots then treat them. It's more than likely they do. You are better off treating the tank as other fish may be carrying the disease but it's not visible yet.

If they don't have it then the treatment won't really affect them.

 

[Colin_T]

Some medications should only be used at half strength if you have catfish and loaches in the tank. These fishes are considered scaleless and absorb the medication through their skin. At full strength some medications will poison this type of fish.

To work out the volume of water in the tank
measure Length x Width x Height in cm
divide by 1000
equals volume in litres

When measuring the height, measure from the top of the gravel to the top of the water level. If you have big rocks or driftwood in the tank, remove them before measuring the height.

Remove carbon from the filter before treating otherwise it will absorb the medication out of the water.

 

[samihyypia]

I have

2 pearl gouramis
3 red coral platys
2 swordtails
2 khuli loaches

2 platies have a white spot on the tail, the other platy has a slightly larger white spot on the body near its tail.

I was just worried that if it isn't white spot I could do more harm than good in treating the tank for whitespot.

if i follow the instructions on the treatment are there any possible negitives in treating the tank should I be wrong and its not white spot?

 

[Colin_T]

the khuli loaches are scaleless fish. You will need to check the directions if they are in the tank that is going to be treated.

If the problem isn't whitespot and you treat the tank it won't do any real harm to the fish as long as you don't overdose the medication. There is always the long term effects of being exposed to medications but that is the risk that you take. If you don't treat them and it is whitespot they will all die. As long as you follow the directions the medication is safe for most fish.
Some medications have chemicals in that will wipe out your filter bacteria but most whitespot remedies do not contain those types of chemicals.

To work out the volume of water in the tank
measure Length x Width x Height in cm
divide by 1000
equals volume in litres

When measuring the height, measure from the top of the gravel to the top of the water level. If you have big rocks or driftwood in the tank, remove them before measuring the height.

Remove carbon from the filter before treating otherwise it will absorb the medication out of the water.