HI, i am new to all this fish world can u please help me????????. ive done it all as i should have. i bought the tank(a decent size, 30 inch by 15 inch by 12 inch) i did it all right(had the tank for a week b4 adding fish, and then added them slowly. at each step getting the water tested in a GOOD tropical fish shop. every thing was great, until last week when i noticed white spots!!!!!. i bought the solution to cure it last saturday(oct 09 04) i added the correct solution for the size of my tank, and on the 4th day(tuesday) i did it again. but 2 of my fish have died, and some of the others look sick???????????? can u please help??????? my hubby is out of work the last couple of weeks so i cant keep going back to the shop to spend more money??? I THOUGHT WHITE SPOT WASNT A KILLER(especially if it was treated) if anyone can help please answer this question or email direct at maldeany@aol.com(different email, but checked much more, lol) thanks very much if u can help, mal
White Spot???? Please Help
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The first questions anyone is going to ask you here are:
1) what are your water parameters - Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, kH, temp, etc.
2) what is in your tank, and who died
Then more specifically - what was the 'solution' you added?
1) what are your water parameters - Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, kH, temp, etc.
2) what is in your tank, and who died
Then more specifically - what was the 'solution' you added?
White spot (ich) IS a killer if severe enough.
First question - what fish are in the tank (
)?
What solution did you add?
Most likely you can cure your problem w/o spending more money...relax.
If you search this forum (front page, upper right corner) for ich, you'll find a bazillion threads on it. Check out the heat and salt method for treatment. Basically you raise the heat to ~86degrees F, and gradually add salt to a concentration of 1 Tablespoon per gallon. You can use regular salt but you have to add it slowly. A tablespoon per hour would be o.k. for the size of your tank.
Unfortunately, if you are loosing fish to ich, you will probably lose more b4 it's cured.
First question - what fish are in the tank (
)?What solution did you add?
Most likely you can cure your problem w/o spending more money...relax.
If you search this forum (front page, upper right corner) for ich, you'll find a bazillion threads on it. Check out the heat and salt method for treatment. Basically you raise the heat to ~86degrees F, and gradually add salt to a concentration of 1 Tablespoon per gallon. You can use regular salt but you have to add it slowly. A tablespoon per hour would be o.k. for the size of your tank.
Unfortunately, if you are loosing fish to ich, you will probably lose more b4 it's cured.