white spot

luigi

Hi All, trying to get some advice on what treatment to use. I have one red oranda that has a few white spots on his wen. I have teried multi cure by aqua master without success. I have done some research on different products. The one that many people recommend is waterlife protozin.

What are people's thoughts?

Mooo

Is it a cold tank? If it is heated, Turn the temp up to 30, used Protozin as directed on bottle, do a 10% wc with gravel vac daily, before you re-dose.

luigi

Hi Mooo, Wouldn't a temperature of 30 harm the goldfish?

Doug

nope, they can deal with it for short periods of time, in fact for long periods of time too. standard white spot treatment is add salt and increase temp. The parasite hates salt and the temp increase speeds up its life cycle so the cysts pop faster exposing the parasites inside to the salty water killing them.

The copper based meds are a next step from here. and you need to dose for at least 5-7 days before you will see the results and continue the treatments for about 10-14 days.

Bob

Hi Luigi,

Have a look at this link.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/ich.php

Good information on the problem and the treatment regimes that one might try.

I really like the info on the life cycle. I also like the section on "how do I prevent it".

Regards,

Bob

Mooo

I forgot to add , LOTS n LOTS of air

luigi

Hi Mooo, I have added a heater and put the temp at 29. When I went to check the tank this morning I found 2 of my orandas swimming on their sides, but still breathing. I did a water change because it was my weekly change, but still the 2 oranda seem to be not swimming normally. I have put the temp to 25.

luigi

There is a lot of air in the tank.

Bob

Hi Luigi,

All changes in the aquarium need to be slow, this is regardless of how urgent the situation may seem. I would also recommend only changing one of the parameters at a time, ie, add salt at the recommended dose, increase/decrease temps at no more than 1 degree per day, alter pH at no more than .2 per day particularly if going across 7, ie, alkaline to acidic or acidic to alkaline. Significant changes of these parameters will add to the stress of the fish making them increasingly susceptible to a range of health issues.

All the best in regards to those fish that are not doing so well at the moment.

Regards,

Bob

luigi

thanks Bob.