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Posted	White Spot
20-04-2005 13:42 by devils_advocate	Heya, i have a marine tank, recently introduced 2 new regal tangs a few days ago, one of which didnt do too well the other seemed to be doing ok although does stay at the bottom of the tank. It does swim up and down every now and again but recently its started going to the bottom and breating deeply, the other passed away due to white spot, this one does not seem to have it, should i let it be and wait (i have a UV steriliser) or should i give it a fresh water bath and risk stressing it more? I do not have a quarintine tank set up, and i have corals in the tank so cant really use any treatments, i have started feeding them a little bit of garlic. help much appreciated ta
21-04-2005 16:57 by James	Hi Are or salt levels ok or have they spiked or droped and so the fish might have be afected by the change in salt levels. Hope it this helps but it might not.
22-04-2005 09:27 by devils_advocate	salt levels have remained the same, all the old fish are fine its just the new one, it seems on its way out too
07-05-2005 07:37 by Philip Buckle	If you dont have inverts then I find Waterlifes Product called Cuprazin to do the job. Beware it contains copper and will remain active in your tank for up to 6months.
09-05-2005 13:32 by Sarah	WHen ever my regal gets white spot I feed him some seaweed (sea veggies green) from www.animal-house.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Marine_Seaweed_148.html and it seems to clear up in no time
28-06-2005 05:23 by Alan	If it is a parasitic infection esha oodinex is a whitespot treatment supposedly safe with inverts I believe waterlifes treatment called Octozin is also safe with inverts. But double check there are treatments available that deal with whitespot in reef tanks. Have you tried carrying out a water change to see if there is any improvement do you use RO water do you have a lot of algae growth this would cause a ph crash over night if the water is not adequately buffered. There are lots of things it could be how long did you take introducing the fish into the tank 10 15 20 mins or did you pop them straight in, its possible the initial stress factor that left them open to infection was osmotic shock.
04-10-2005 21:33 by john	i live in south africa and i have a yellow tank and i cant get rid of white spot any info please
04-10-2005 22:30 by yanton	PS: animal-house.co.uk is now cvlosed for business - you can get sheets of nori seaweed at holland and barrets health stores - my tangs love the stuff
05-10-2005 11:25 by Alan	John its difficult to help without knowing what is available in South Africa try searching for esha products or waterlife products if you can find either they sell effective treatments for both reef tanks and fish only set ups but you must be careful to use the right one. As a preventative of whitespot you should keep the ph high and stable this tends to keep the fish thriving and they are less susceptable to infestation. Sorry I couldn't be of more help don't bother with freshwater baths they don't work as the parasite burrows into the skin and is protected from the salinity shift.
06-10-2005 22:41 by john	thanks alan i went out and bought some herbal medication from the pet shop it called heel all and they said i must use it for seven days but that did not work i also turn out the lights and only turn them on for about an hour a day just to fed. they say that it should work and they also said to turn the temp up to 30 degrees is this ture my temp is running a 25 degress now but i am also concrened about my coral. i have a finger leather and a pin cushion and a rose coral. thank john
07-10-2005 08:22 by Alan	All you do when you push the temp up is speed up the life cycle which does help during treatment but is probably going to do more harm than good to the corals so I would be inclined to leave the temp as it is. I have found that a high ph 8.3 or 8.4 seems to boost the fishes defences I don't know why but it will help if you can raise the ph slightly. Also do you have a lot of algae grawth it may be at night you are getting a ph drop which is stressing the fish leaving them open to this parasite. The lighting trick is an odd one I have heard though that part of the parasites life cycle is dependant on light so this may actually work but again I would be concerned about the corals as you may inadvertently bleach them by doing this as the algae in them will not like this one bit. Is this the only shop in your area? What product manufacturers do you have there there may be a few that south africa have in common with the UK. Ones to particularly look out for are Waterlife and esha. Kent marine make a treatment but I am not sure how safe this is with inverts it is a herbal mix of peppers and chilli's I think it is awful if you get it in your eyes its just like pepper spray I think it is called RXP not sure for certain though. Here are a few weblinks they may be able to help if you contact direct but who knows: http://www.eshalabs.com/index.htm I have found a distributer of waterlife products in south africa here is the link http://www.waterlife.co.uk/waterlife/distrbute-world4.htm#SAfrica The treatment you want is Myxazin it treats bacterial infections in freshwater and marine I believe but it is also a marine whitespot treatment that is safe with inverts if you have trouble with the link for waterlife let me know and I will type all the address details in for the SA distributor. Best of luck.
08-10-2005 15:03 by john	thank you very much alan you have been a great help. will talk to you soon, and let you know whats happening john.
16-10-2005 13:15 by john	hi alan how are you? my common clown is clear of white spot now but the yellow tang has a couple of spots but it seems to getting better. thank for all the input. i dont know if the heel all did the job or if it was turning the lights out or the temp that did it. i also did a water change. i used reef crystals and ro water. but before i was using sea water maybe that was the problem. thanks john
09-12-2005 22:00 by john	allan hi it john from south africa my tank is doning fine. i just want to know if you can mix tangs together such as yellow tang and blue tangs and naso tangs and etc here is a pic of my tank
29-01-2006 20:28 by john	what can cause rose corals to lose they colour my phosate and nitrate are in range. i have a four foot tank and have a set of t5 lights. i thought it was because too little light so i bought another set of t5 10 0000k lights yesterday. please help
20-02-2006 21:25 by johny	can you please tell me if you must put a clam on a rock or on the gravel sand thanks
21-02-2006 08:26 by Alan	Questions I can't answer I'm afraid John your tank is looking stunning post a new thread specifically on the topics of these corals you are having problems with. You can mix tangs but it is not easy and you will get some fighting for a while I used to keep a yellow and a powder blue together they beat the hell out of each other at first but it passed after a week or so and they both recovered none the worse for ware.
07-03-2006 21:36 by johny	i have a catch box in my tank and i have not feed my fish for three days now but my regal tang just does not wantto go into the the box how can i get him to go in. as soon as he get to the entrance he backs off, my yelow tang goes in and my cleaner wrasse goes in but the regal is too clever please help
11-06-2006 21:36 by regal	i have recently put in a phosate remover and my tank has gone cloudy and my filter wool is very red and my skimmer is also red will this settle

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