fishinf Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 hi i have an out break of white spot in 4 tanks (conectected)anyway ive lost a few fish and im trying to save the rest (malawi,s)ive increased the temp to 28 trying to get to 30 ive put 5 teaspoons of sea salt per 200lt tank ive put some meds in (old white spot treatment i had laying around ) but not a high enough dose what should i buy and where (online hopefully )any help would be appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 online wont be fast enough for your fish. go to your local (or any) store and pick up a bottle of something there. i have found ichaway to be very good in the past and its fairly readily available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ged Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 You can buy Wardley's IckAway - White Spot Med from Ben at Age of Aquariums who is one of our sponsor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinf Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 online wont be fast enough for your fish. go to your local (or any) store and pick up a bottle of something there. i have found ichaway to be very good in the past and its fairly readily available.il go this morning and get whatever they have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Aquasonic Ichonex is what I usesafe for catfish and worksIch pathogen is always present in the water andneeds a trigger to set it in action so check whathas happened in those tanks - cold draft, newfish, stress, water change ..............remove any carbon and throw it awayincrease aeration also when increasing tempdose as per the instructions after the first coursedo approx 20% a water change and then run asecond course and water change after thatthe second course takes out any that you missedin the free swimming stage which is the only stagein their life cyle they are vulnerable to medssteralise your netsgood practice to have a net for each tanka cloth or towel to wipe down any water spillsand never put hands in tanks if you suspect adisease as wet hands transfer the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4G13M4N Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Same as Chris i use Aquasonic Ichonex for smaller tanks, but in large tanks i use Waterlife Protzin cost heaps more but more concentrated as well.I also raise the temp if possible to 30c and leave the lights off while treating, when dropping temp though after treatment i only drop by 1c a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishinf Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 i bought some aqua master rapid white spot reimdey came home done a 30% water change and treated the water all seems ok ..............................lost a few more and some bristlenose,s things are improving il get some ichonex ... and keep it ready or maybe il just treat all my tanks as a precausion anyway thanks for the help guysand say i did buy fish with white spot how long would it be till it spread in the tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GundamCichlid Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 I use the Ichonex and use it as per the direction on the bottle.Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 say i did buy fish with white spot how long would it be till it spread in the tank you would notice it affect the other fish in a few days depending the health ofthe other fish and their resistance to the strain of Ichlike I said you need to run 2 courses of treatment to confirm you have clearedthe pathogens even if the fish all look OK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GundamCichlid Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 steralise your netsHi Chris,How do you sterilzed the net?Cheers,G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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