white dots on fins on my Orinoco pair

[ryanstef]

Have you tested your water?

No

If I did not test my water...

1. ...I recognize that I will likely be asked to do a test, and that water tests are critical for solving freshwater health problems.

Do you do water changes?

Yes

If I do not change my water...

1. ...I recognize that I will likely be recommended to do a water change, and water changes are critical for preventing future freshwater health problems.

Hi, all. I'm new here. I'm facing an issue with my fish. The story is,


I recently purchased an Azule and a Mono pair. A few weeks later, I brought the Orinoco pair as well. I quarantined them for four days and didn't see any issues with the fish, so I added them to my main tank. However, in the last two days, I have noticed my Orinoco pair have some white dots on their caudal fin, dorsal fin, and anal fin as well. I have no idea what happened to them. Currently, they have 4–5 white dots on their fins.


I saw a few posts regarding this disease, and I hope to get some valuable help from you guys. So I'm going to buy a product called "NT Labs Anti-White Spot and Fungus" to start the treatment process. but I have no idea where to start. Can you guide me?


The size of the fish is 3-4 inches.


Should I re-quarantine them to another tank or keep them all together and treat them all at once?

 

[1 2many]

Personally I don’t think 4 days was long enough for quarantining new fish. At minimum I would quarantine for 7 days but I usually prefer 10-14 days to be on the safe side. Depending on what it is, if it’s ich it can spread to the other tank mates. I don’t know for sure what the problem is. Can you post a few pics to refer to?

 

[Rocksor]

It can take around 1 month before ich shows up on new fish. This is the reason why I quarantine for at least 2 months.

Assume the whole tank is infected if it is ich.

 

[ryanstef]

Personally, I don’t think 4 days was long enough for quarantining new fish. At a minimum, I would quarantine for 7 days but I usually prefer 10-14 days to be on the safe side. Depending on what it is, if it’s ich it can spread to the other tank mates. I don’t know for sure what the problem is. Can you post a few pics to refer to?

It can take around 1 month before ich shows up on new fish. This is the reason why I quarantine for at least 2 months.

Assume the whole tank is infected if it is ich.

Yes, less quarantining was the mistake that I made. However, now the white dots have disappeared, and I'm doing water changes every 2-3 days. I only bought a heater, a "Boyu Heaters HT-2300," and set the temperature to 32 degrees Celsius.


I still haven't started my water medicine treatment. I hope to start soon.



Here I will add some images of my Orinoco pair.

as well as other bass mates.

 

[Rocksor]

You can kill most ich above 90F (so go with 33C) without medication. An airstone will help keep the oxygen levels up (which I find more convenient that adding more filters for something temporary). Do not use your current temperature (32C) with medication since the oxygen levels are already low at 32C. If you decide to go to the medication route, you can drop the temperature to 26-28 C.

 

[ryanstef]

You can kill most ich above 90F (so go with 33C) without medication. An airstone will help keep the oxygen levels up (which I find more convenient that adding more filters for something temporary). Do not use your current temperature (32C) with medication since the oxygen levels are already low at 32C. If you decide to go to the medication route, you can drop the temperature to 26-28 C.

Unfortunately, the heater only supports 32C for the higher limit. so not possible to increase 33C. But thanks for the tip. I will change the temperature to around that mentioned number when starting the medication.