catcher Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Hi all, My first encounter with a medical problem in my tank. My Kandango's have a very fine white dusting of something on various parts of the bodies. Asked for advise at a reasonably competant lfs and was told that what I described sounded like white spot. Was advised to use Pimafix by same people that make Melafix. I was a bit ify about the diagnosis as the dusting doesn't look like any pictures of white spot I've seen on the net, the spots are very definate in the pics and this is a dusty looking powder. Anyway, another friend of mine asked at his lfs and they said Pimafix would not fix white spot and to use white spot remedy. Help. Do I use both, do I continue with Pimafix, I'm on the third dose of seven, do I stop Pimafix and go to white spot remedy. Help me please!, I don't want to lose fish because of poor advice and my incompetence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Hi Glen, Sounds like it could be either white spot or velvet....however white spot is very prevalent atm, so I would guess that is what you have. Use ichonex as it is a reliable treatment, and turn up the heater to about 28ish for a few days. Personally I would add rock salt too. The heater is very important. Melafix and/or Pimafix (although they are super products) are probably not going to be of much help in this case. HTH. merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted June 2, 2004 Author Share Posted June 2, 2004 Thanks Merjo, How much rock salt for a 4 footer? Should I continue with the course of Pimafix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishly Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Hi Catcher, Read this topic. It will give you some ideas of what you should do. Good luck. Regards, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest big bad burundi Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 Its a water quality problem get back to basics and do some maintenance.Increase the temp will help but it will return without regular maintenance in the future. Cheers Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 How do you mean BBB? I do everything I believe needs doing and regular maintenance is not something I skip. Please tell me what you think I have missed to cause this outbreak. If I done something wrong I'm all ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest big bad burundi Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 How and what you do as maintenance is the key,but how the tank is firstly setup will determain what you must do. I read yesterday on some forum i wont mention he cleaned his filter weekly . Slightly over the top to start with weekly,but shock horror he did it under running tap water. Not something i would suggest to someone i didnt like ,let known a mate. This is bad but coming from a moderator shocked me even more. Shock is some way started the outbreak in your tank,maybe a new fish you had just bought also. Hope you sort it out though. Cheers Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phatoscarlover Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Good link on Understanding and treating whitespot Also id up the temp to 30, only for a few days but it will help stop the spread of it. HTH Cheers Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gutty Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Darryl, just for reference, these fish were a new introduction to his tank about a week prior. They were previously mine. Though they never had white spot when i owned them, and the peacocks still in there tank at my place are all fine. Not sure how, as it was a reasonably fast turn around from tank to tank, but my guess is it happened during the change over. Your opinion ?? Lata Matt BTW, i have offered Glenn some replacment fish if they don't survive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Hi Matt, I'm still not 100% that its white spot. As i said before it doesn't look anything like the defined spots I've seen in photo's. Is it possible that it's "Velvet"? I was in another Cichlid site and it had a "answer the questions and they will do a generic diagnosis" page. It came back as possibly "Velvet" or some kind of fungal infection. Either way I'm crossing fingers and continuing the pimafix, added rock salt and running the tank at about 28.5º Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gutty Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Only problem is i read somewhere today that high temps are no good for curing velvet. And they possibly help the disease. Try to get some pics tonight mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catcher Posted June 3, 2004 Author Share Posted June 3, 2004 Hi all, I seem to have got an answer to my white powder, I couldn't stand not knowing for sure so I took one of my fish to majestic and spoke to Paul Talbot. He said it was a bacterial infection most likely caused by too large a water change last weekend. I changed a third or a fraction more (roughly) and apparently the shock can do this. The only reason I put this post in is to thank everyone who tried to help me and add it as a warning for other beginners as too large water changes in winter, I've always done a third change but didn't think about the sudden temp change. Also Pimafix is for fungal treatment melafix for bacterial, so swapped meds and fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Hi Glen, Also Pimafix is for fungal treatment melafix for bacterial, so swapped meds and fingers crossed. I have both bottles here in front of me and I quote: Melafix All Natural Antibacterial Remedy for the Treatment of Aquarium Fish and Pimafix is an all natural medication for fish infected with fungus and bacterial infections No need to change to Melafix merjo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E4G13M4N Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Basically if you mix melafix and pimafix together you will cover all types of bacterial infections.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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