i have just spoted WHITESPOT on my 270 treeting them now hope i dont lose any i have slowly turned up the heater up to 30 slowly and whit spot treatment hope dies off soon:cry:
my 270 got white spot
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I would also suggest water changes. :yes: And when you do, make sure to do a good gravel vac. :thumbup:
6 of the little felaz have lost the fight with the whit spot but the other 15 seem to be geting better hope thay make it
its white spot as i have been treating it 4 3 days now and i also breed other fish as im treating it its slowly going away so hopfuly thay dont look thay are geting woris but its slowly geting better and how thay got it i got some java moss but i it could of been stress as i moveed some drift wood who knows
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hmmm, dont think moving the driftwood would of caused it,
possibly the java moss?
sorry for your lost,
what are your water parameters?
last time i had it with my geos, was when i got those big geos u saw (happened 3months ago)
i used rock salt(from wollies) dosing at 1 tablespoon per 40 litres if you got plecs or plants, if not than 1x tablespoon every 20 litres,
bumped the temp and done water changes every day,
this was in the early stages still, but after 4 days i won.
good luck james
possibly the java moss?
sorry for your lost,
what are your water parameters?
last time i had it with my geos, was when i got those big geos u saw (happened 3months ago)
i used rock salt(from wollies) dosing at 1 tablespoon per 40 litres if you got plecs or plants, if not than 1x tablespoon every 20 litres,
bumped the temp and done water changes every day,
this was in the early stages still, but after 4 days i won.
good luck james
yer thay are looking better but i think thay where bit small to fight the white spot but the bigger ones are going well still got abit of white spot but not as much as thay had so i think thay are winning
keeping fingers crossed.
I often move the wood and java fern in my 270 tank, never had white spot in there.
I often move the wood and java fern in my 270 tank, never had white spot in there.
Sorry for your loss 
Really hope the others win, they are such lovely fish! With regards to how you get white spot, I would say most aquariums have white spot (ick) in their tank but usually the fish's immune system can fight it off without showing any symptomatic signs. All it takes is the fish to have a lowered immune system (due to stress, co-current diseases...) and you will start to see the symptoms of ick.
The problem is when you start to see white spots on your fish the disease is already in the later stages and thats why when you start to treat, some fish just don't make it.
You did the right thing by raising the temperature and increasing the aeration. May I suggest though, if you get ick again try doing the previous two thing but before you treat try adding salt to your tank. That way if there is little to no improvement over 3/4 days you can medicate. The problem with medicating straight away is that with such a short life cycle ick can quickly become resistant to medication so veterinarians are strongly recommending medication only be used when all else fails.
Hope they are doing better.
Kev
Really hope the others win, they are such lovely fish! With regards to how you get white spot, I would say most aquariums have white spot (ick) in their tank but usually the fish's immune system can fight it off without showing any symptomatic signs. All it takes is the fish to have a lowered immune system (due to stress, co-current diseases...) and you will start to see the symptoms of ick. The problem is when you start to see white spots on your fish the disease is already in the later stages and thats why when you start to treat, some fish just don't make it.
You did the right thing by raising the temperature and increasing the aeration. May I suggest though, if you get ick again try doing the previous two thing but before you treat try adding salt to your tank. That way if there is little to no improvement over 3/4 days you can medicate. The problem with medicating straight away is that with such a short life cycle ick can quickly become resistant to medication so veterinarians are strongly recommending medication only be used when all else fails.
Hope they are doing better.
Kev