L270 with whitespot?

[Joshlikesfish]

Hi there

I have a roughly 200l tank with 11 5-7cm L270, 12 3-4cm L052/L168, 2x small GBA and 2x 5cm starlights.
The tanks are heavily filtered with lots of water changes.

The L270 look to have lots of small white spots all over their bodies. Every other fish in the tank looks to be healthy, only the L270.
Are the L270 weaker than the other species?

I've done a water change and used whitespot cure and added some tonic salt.
What else is there that I can do?

Thanks

 

[Brengun]

In a 200L tank it could mean that heater isn't heating the whole tank properly and you have pockets of cool spots. Take the heater out and check it is working!

I thought gee this tank is cool, last night. Heater light was on so I turned it up a bit. Couple hours later the tank is still cool and the heater light still on. This is a 2yr old Jager heater, supposed to be top notch. I took it out and felt the end. Cold as! Fortunately I had a replacement heater on hand.

Another tank was cool too but the heater was working. I turned up the temp and directed a powerhead to the heater so it pushed the warm water around the tank. The other end is now warm too.

If you have ich I would advise turning up the air output to high and turn the heater up to around 30C. It will speed up the ich process so it leaves faster.

 

[Joshlikesfish]

Thanks Brengun

I have a lot of filtration and the temp near the far end of the tank is still around 28c but will bump up the heat anyway! The heater is a 300W aqua one and I have no replacements currently so hopefully there is nothing wrong with it!

 

[Irene0100]

yes i agree, put temp up a few degrees. ich cycle speeds up with heat and i think it can kill them too. L270 like it hot anyway.

 

[Joshlikesfish]

10 out of 11 are still fine! Only one dead. All are looking to be better

 

[Brengun]

Pretty good recovery. Well done! Keep an eye on the temps of your waterchange water too.

 

[lealea]

L270 are a very strong strain of species hardier then many other types I have kept. All the best lealea

 

[bigbird]

i find that during the Australian winter, as the homes are not so insulated as in Europe, I always turn up the heater 1-2C, this in order to keep the temp more stable. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Brengun]

I found that helps too BB. I also check the tank temp, dont just assume its heating to what is the setting on the heater. Some heaters supposed to be callibrated and set on 26C arent actually heating to that and I have one up on 30C on the dial and it heats to 27C.

Of course I will be rechecking that once it gets a bit warmer to make sure I am not then overheating the water.

Best temp reader is your hand. When I put my hand in to add veges I know instantly if that waters not right. It shouldn't be too warm but you shouldn't go brrrrr its cold either.