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Posted	White spot
07-04-2006 23:17 by Gordon	Hi every body ,please help my discus have the dreded spot,I have had them now for 2 years with no problems, regulare water changes,Ro@82degs.Advice needed PLEASE,Gordon
07-04-2006 23:41 by heros hero	That's a whole bunch of bad luck my friend.New tankmate? The clown loach lady has tried everything including feng shui and seems to be getting results at last.You might want to target a thread at her specifically.Something like HELP ME CLOWNLOACHLADY should do the trick!
08-04-2006 08:24 by dean	hi gordon whitespot is a pain if you get it if you have any carbon in your tank remove it while you are treating use ws3 or any other strong medication try to find out whats causing it to happen in the first place if you are still getting no joy then if you have a external filter put a uv l;ight on it as this kills all the germs in you tank including whitespot and you will never have to dose again dead simple to get rid of a worked in a aquatics shop for years trust me put a uvc on it and anything free swimming will DIE !!!!!UVC IS NOT JUST FOR MARINE
08-04-2006 09:11 by -Rob C-	Increase the temp to about 86 degrees farenheight the white spot won't survive at this higher temp but your discus will.
09-04-2006 15:39 by clownloachlady	Heros hero is right ... My fish has had whitespot for touching three weeks and alls gone now. I had an earlier thread telling what ive done, but i did the following: 1. Remove carbon filters 2. TCP (three drops a day) 3. Lower the water in your tank, pull the flow pipes above water (creating more o2) 4. LEAVE UR LIGHTS OFF!!!! 5. i used eSHa 2000 and EXIT 6. three airstones. one on ground level, one mil level and one top level. 7. Take all ornaments, plants out as u can monitor fish better. 8. HOPE AND PRAY!
15-04-2006 13:29 by Gordon	Hi,Rob raised tem.to 86,seemed to help,gave a dose of King British white spot control,its now clearing up.not sure yet if its down to the tem.rise or the white spot control?thank to every one for thier advice
18-04-2006 09:18 by Alan	It will be a combination of both I have found raising the temp does not kill whitespot but it does spped up the lifecycle meaning less treatment is required to kill the parasite.
20-04-2006 00:07 by Gordon	All clear.Gordon now. Thanks again
24-05-2006 07:39 by SarahEW	I appear to be having problems with white spot too, I had 2 fish for 2 and a half years and they got it and died, i've bought 4 small fantails and they all appear ill, one of them is getting more white spots even though there is treatment in the water and has a white bit on its mouth! Does TCP really work?
24-05-2006 20:18 by Adele	The ich cycle cannot complete at higher temps, that's why you are advised to increase them! It does not kill the whitespot but stops them reproducing.
24-05-2006 20:24 by clownloachlady	i found tcp to work, but mind how much u put in!!! and like we said take the black filters out as black filters are meant to absorb chemicals! One thing ive learned with whitespot is that depending on what fish u got together in a tank, some fish are carriers of whitespot while they never get ill! But as Adele said, raising your temp as high as ur fish can bare it is the ONLY TRUE solution as the parasite cant survive in hot water.

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