White Spot .. Help Please

Hi!!

don't worry about your plec at this stage they do go a bit manic when you first put treatment in. He should calm down within the next 24 hours ( probably less but i'm giving you a slightly wider window!!!)

Turning the temp up is not something i'm familiar with but if you read it on here its bound to be good advice. The only thing i would check is that you haven't made it too hot for any of your fish. This could be contributing to your plec being anxious too.

FC76

The higher temp speeds up the whitespot parasite.

It is a three stage bug.
The first stage is the spots on the fish. They eat the fish's tissues and they are protected by a covering. The meds can't get at it in this stage. Once they've eaten enough they drop off the fish.
The second stage is where the bugs lie on the bottom of the tank (or anything else they landed on) and multiply, still within the casing. Again, the meds can't get at them.
Stage three is where the casing splits open and lots of 'baby' bugs go looking for a fish to infect. This is the only stage where the med can get at them.

Increasing the temperature increases the speed of this life cycle so they all get to the stage where they can be killed faster.

Because of these three stages, you need to continue treatment as the med instructions say. There must be some active med in the water when the very last bug reaches stage three.


You can increase the water temp by 1 deg C every 24 hours, and the same cooling down once the treatment has finished. Make a note of the setting on the heater before you turn it up!
This temp increase is only temporary. Your fish will cope for such a short time. It can get up to 30 deg during a heatwave in summer.

dont forget to remove any carbon filtration if you have some as this will remove the meds from the water.
heat treatment should continue for 10-14 days to prevent reinfestation.

thanks Sue and Evan47
I did remove the carbon filter and it's day 3 of treatment ...soI know now how long to keep treating thanks

will do a 50% change once it's all over