Just noticed white spots on my pictus. I raised the water temp a little but What else should I do
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White spots
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raise the temperature salt and daily water changes
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I read to use something to kill tomites any suggestions
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It'd be prudent to be sure of the diagnosis, e.g., with good photos. Are the fish rubbing? The spots should look like actually white "crumbs" or particles when looked at closely. They should fall off and new ones form in different places.
If you are sure it is ichthyophthirius aka ich/ick, then you can read the stickies in the F/W Deseases and HealthIssues section - they are very well written: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?35-Freshwater-Diseases-and-Health-Issues
Usual treatments are salt+temp or Malachite Green+formaldehyde.
If you are sure it is ichthyophthirius aka ich/ick, then you can read the stickies in the F/W Deseases and HealthIssues section - they are very well written: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?35-Freshwater-Diseases-and-Health-Issues
Usual treatments are salt+temp or Malachite Green+formaldehyde.
It won't let me upload pics but Yes they look like little white crumbs and He's rubbing on rock gravel and a piece of fake wood and hes been swimming in my bubble wall all night. I raised the temperature to 84 and added salt. So I'll do a water change later and add more salt.
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I would keep the temp at 86F for at least another week. Do a small (~20%) water change and throroughly vacuum the gravel while you are at it.
Make sure you have plenty of surface agitation to keep your oxygen levels up (an air stone is a good, but if you have a HOB filter you can keep your water level slightly lower than normal so that you have more agitation from the water falling into your tank).
Good luck. Hope he pulls through.
Make sure you have plenty of surface agitation to keep your oxygen levels up (an air stone is a good, but if you have a HOB filter you can keep your water level slightly lower than normal so that you have more agitation from the water falling into your tank).
Good luck. Hope he pulls through.
another bit of advice, when yoru doing your waterchange, vacuum the gravel really well. the 'spores" stay in the gravel for a few days and then hatch to find a host. while killign thier free swimming stage is good, reduce thier numbers before they can do that!
The treatment should continue usually for at least one week after ALL the symptoms disappear. Vacuuming is definitely helpful but not necessary IMO, unless the fish is doing really poor. The salt at ~2-3 (from 1 to 5) teaspoons per gallon kills the larvae in the free swimming stage completely interrupting the life cycle of the parasite.
A word of warning though: ich never happens for no reason. Reason #1 by 99.9% is stress - rehoming, bad water, wrong water, not enough oxygen, aggressive tankmates, inadequate temp, unstable water params/temp, improper WC's, some other prior bacterial/viral/parasitic desease, etc.
Most usually when the root cause is not identified and remedied, the ich treatment is not successful. For instance, secondary bacterial infections will ensue (inflammations... like the redness in your case) etc. - a symptom that the fish's immune system is unraveling as a result of the root cause and likely that the root cause has not been resolved (that is, if the ich treatment has been applied correctly).
A word of warning though: ich never happens for no reason. Reason #1 by 99.9% is stress - rehoming, bad water, wrong water, not enough oxygen, aggressive tankmates, inadequate temp, unstable water params/temp, improper WC's, some other prior bacterial/viral/parasitic desease, etc.
Most usually when the root cause is not identified and remedied, the ich treatment is not successful. For instance, secondary bacterial infections will ensue (inflammations... like the redness in your case) etc. - a symptom that the fish's immune system is unraveling as a result of the root cause and likely that the root cause has not been resolved (that is, if the ich treatment has been applied correctly).