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| Posted | HELP HELP White spot on my marine fish |
| 10-04-2006 10:23 by Michelle |
Can someone please help me? I've had white spot in my tank for 2 weeks now and my fish are starting to die. I have lowered my salinity and raised the temperature. I have just finished a 5 day course of Myaxin. I have been using Garlic extreme for 2 days now. What else can i do or use PLEASE HELP. |
| 10-04-2006 11:20 by anna |
have you got corals and inverts in ur tank??
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| 10-04-2006 11:29 by stevebrillo |
have u got a uv on tank
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| 10-04-2006 11:34 by stevebrillo |
if not u can try a freshwater dip.. |
| 10-04-2006 11:37 by |
Garlic |
| 10-04-2006 11:39 by |
Yes i have inverts and i also have a uv steriliser, protein skimmer.
Is there any other treatments i can use. |
| 10-04-2006 11:56 by webmaster |
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| 10-04-2006 11:58 by trik |
sounds like your u v not working properly wat size uv do u have and wat pump /flow rate have u got going through it? |
| 10-04-2006 12:09 by Michelle |
I have checked my UV and it is working propery. I haven't had it on for 5 days because i have been treating my tank with myaxin. |
| 10-04-2006 12:12 by trik |
sorry then i cant help.iv never used any medication in my tank the uv takes care of every thing.sorry. |
| 10-04-2006 12:22 by |
Thanx You for trying. |
| 10-04-2006 12:43 by anna |
how old is ur uv bulb??
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| 10-04-2006 13:00 by Michelle |
My uv steriliser is only 2months old. |
| 10-04-2006 14:36 by anna |
hmm i wud try a fresh watre dip like steve suggested as it will distress the whitespot b4 ur fish |
| 10-04-2006 14:43 by Michelle |
thank you i will try that then.
Have u ever heard of EshA oodinex. |
| 10-04-2006 21:34 by deejdave |
Try Kent RXP, if you use it to have to do it when you have time to watch the tank because if the fish get really stressed you have to turn the skimmer back on or use kent poly-ox to remove it, but it works really well and is ok for a reef tank. |
| 10-04-2006 22:02 by clownloachlady |
hi michelle, ive used eSHa EXIT and 2000 for whitespot, but not sure how they are on a marine tank, i have a tropical
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| 10-04-2006 22:28 by clownloachlady |
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! |
| 10-04-2006 22:33 by deejdave |
Wow clownloachlady, u are a very dedicated keeper! Most peoiple would not go to all that trouble! Nice to see there are some enthusiasts still around!  |
| 10-04-2006 22:50 by clownloachlady |
i love my fish! i LOVE my loaches and it breaks my heart if one of them go ill.
Same when cat brings in voles, breaks my heart. the vet knows my by heart already and she has a box of tissues ready. four babay rabbits in one week, two breaths away from death. |
| 11-04-2006 23:06 by Willuk |
 How do you survive clownloachlady! ya heart must be in a right state..... know how you feel though I would not be pleased if my fish were ill as I try to make there stay as homely as possible.
Michelle I'm thinking of setting up a small 20-30 gallon tank just as a hospital tank that way you can treat your fish without disrupting the reef, plus you can watch them better and wait until they have fully recovered. I have had a look into it and the costs are not to bad in the grand scheme of things. You will save money in the end when you save ya fish, think how much they cost you. Not sure on putting medication into my main tank as I put allot of effort into keeping the water well and truley right as much as possible. My rule is avoid chemicals as much as you can. |
| 11-04-2006 23:24 by clownloachlady |
Willuk, i got a BIIIIGGGGGGG heart. and touch wood over 5 years if i can count right, ive only lost two handfull's of fish.
And thats to many already. |
| 12-04-2006 08:03 by Alan |
Esha oodinex is good and reef safe you must have the UV and skimmer off during treatment.
The latest issue of pfk has a treatment method for whitespot in a reef tank it involves dropping the salinity to around 1.015 for about 2 weeks I think I will dig the mag out tonight and post the recommendations. |
| 12-04-2006 11:33 by Alan |
After digging around on the internet dropping the salinity to 1.017 is mentioned and rings bells I think with the pfk article you would need to keep the salinity at these levels for about 2-3 weeks. |
| 12-04-2006 11:36 by Alan |
Kent RXP works but it says on the bottle use at own risk with inverts read into that what you will!
I have heard that it works well though. |
| 18-04-2006 08:14 by Alan |
I have read the pfk article again it recommends dropping the salinity over a period of around 3 days to 1.014-1.015 for 6 weeks.
I had a chat with my LFS about this problem as well as not surprisingly I have a powder blue with white spot in a reef. They recommended dropping to about 1.017 for a few weeks. What I am trying at the moment though is a combination of using a UV steriliser and boosting the fishes immune system with an enriched diet so far it has been working slowly with the spots gradually on the decline. I am fortunate that the powder blue has not at all been bothered by the white spot and has carried on as normal despite initially looking like he had swam through a blizard. |
| 18-04-2006 08:31 by yanton |
Michelle, if yours is a fish only tank, lower your salinity further to 1.010
I kept my fish at this salinity for several months with no problems. Do some 20% water changes every few days. |
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