advise please

[Tener ds]

hi all,i got up an hour ago and had a look in my tank.
and i noticed that perry (L333) has got small small white spots randomly
placed all over him.not lots but id say around 4 per 15mm sq on him...
they look like bits off sand ,but not sand.he still seems happy,
moving around etc.tryed to get a pic but the iphone is crap at under water pics.
ive had a look at the other fish they seem ok,no spots..
should i worry??

 

[bre]

Sounds like whitespot to me

You need to get some meds that treat whitespot (not sure what's available in the UK).
It spreads easily so you will need to treat the whole tank as even though the other fish seem unaffected they probably are infected.

 

[Doodles]

A photo would help

Whats been added to the tank recently?

 

[Tener ds]

A photo would help

Whats been added to the tank recently?

i did try to get a photo but it looked crap and don,t show the spots.
he does,t like coming out much...:cry:
nowt has been added,only clean water yesterday.20% water change.
just come back from my LFS got some PROTOZIN,not sure if i should use it yet tho.watin for perry to come out so i can get a better look at at him.

 

[Doodles]

ok Have you seen photos of whitespot before?

Have a look at this link, plenty of whitespot photos to compare with

http://www.jbl.de/onlinehospitaluk/perpicture/index.php?Step=2&GalleryId=2

 

[Tener ds]

ok Have you seen photos of whitespot before?

Have a look at this link, plenty of whitespot photos to compare with

http://www.jbl.de/onlinehospitaluk/perpicture/index.php?Step=2&GalleryId=2

holly crap...poor fish...:cry:

looks like thats it then.the discus fish pic is the most like wot perry has....:cry::cry:

 

[Doodles]

Ok if you are sure its whitespot then thats what you will have to treat for. What other fish are in the tank? was protozin the only ich med available?

 

[Tener ds]

Ok if you are sure its whitespot then thats what you will have to treat for. What other fish are in the tank? was protozin the only ich med available?

got 5 galazy rasbors,1 bn pleco,1 hongkong pleco,1 snail and perry.
and protozin was the only thing there.

 

[scatz]

Try increasing the temperature too up to as close to 30c as you can, make sure you increase the O2 too as warmer water holds less disolved O2, the meds may reduce the O2 as well

 

[Tener ds]

Try increasing the temperature too up to as close to 30c as you can, make sure you increase the O2 too as warmer water holds less disolved O2, the meds may reduce the O2 as well

at last perry has come out in the day time.can,t see any spots on him..:dk:
he had them yesterday tho..ill post a pic when i work out how.

 

[Doodles]

Don't treat unless you are sure. Do you have sand?

 

[Tener ds]

here he is,
the pic is crap,from my iphone

yes i have sand,its not sand.the spots where very white.

 

[Tener ds]

right got the pentax slr out,better pics:

you can see the spots now

 

[Doodles]

Yup can see them, i would consider treating for parasites then unless anyone else has any suggestions?

 

[GrubbyGirl]

Persoanlly I'd go for the Esha 2000 and Esha Exit combination which should hit the whitespot nicely, but if it's anything else it should sort that too