Whitespot

[Murpheus]

Last saturday I added 3 Zebra loaches to my tank. Later that evening I noticed one of them 'flashing' very occassionally on the gravel, but hoped it was nothing as there were no other visible symptoms.

Then on Wednesday morning before work I noticed a couple of little white spots on the fins of my 2 blue rams. By the time I got home there were more spots & the rams looked & seemed stressed. There were not & have not been any other visible symptoms displayed by any of the rest of my stock.

I immediately did a 40% water change & thorough clean & gravel vac & then raised the temperature to 30oc. Once the water had heated I treated with Interpet Treatment 6 Anti White Spot Plus & ran an airstone constantly.

Since then the Rams have responded well, are looking better & the the spots seem like they are getting fewer by the hour. The loaches have stopped 'flashing' & there are still no symptoms with any of the other fish.

Today I did a 25-30% water change & gravel vac & now I'm wondering whats the best course of action.

Should use the treatment again, just to be on the safe side, or could this do more harm than good?

Any & all comments & advice very much appreciated.

 

[WILDER]

It cant take two rounds of meds, so yes go in again with the med.
Have you increased the temp to 30, and also increased aeration in the tank.

 

[Murpheus]

Thanks for the reply. Yes wilder I've followed all the good advice I can get so far.

I've just re-treated the tank with the meds & will do another pretty big water change & vac in 2 or 3 days. Yes?

 

[WILDER]

Thats fine, good luck.
Only remove the amount of water that it tells you to do in the instructions of the med.
Large water changes can stress fish

 

[vancouver]

Is the treatment just for 1 dose?

Often with meds you're supposed to put some in everyday for 2-3 days or a week.

 

[noodles]

keep going with the treatment, I have had to treat whitespot for 3 weeks, its only just disappeared yesterday!!! and make sure you carry on treating for a short while after the visible traces have gone to stop it coming back!

 

[vancouver]

It depends what kind of med they are using..

Some meds only require a dose or 2, while others need dosing everyday for a week..

Follow what the directions on the meds say.

 

[Murpheus]

Cheers everyone. The whitespot is visibly in decline & the infected fish are much healthier.

I think I'll use the meds once more in mid-week as a precaution.