white spot ..fish eating..

[alvin_varian]

hi all

I am total new to marine. Has read thro the hypo method of curing the white spot. But fish in display tank still eating well, should I wait and see...or catch all fishes out and perofrm hypo.. pls advise... thk you

[andylee]

Prevention is better than cure

[tineng]

how long have your kept the fish and how long is the white spot???? in general if you fish have been with you quite some time and has been eating all along, might not need to 'fish' them out and do hypo.....this might casue more stress to them......unless its a serious outbreak i suguest you let it run its course or do something less drastic like maybe adding in UV

[dominik]

sorry to hijack the thread.

Currently my chromis in my reef tank is suffering from ich and the stomach is bloated (one clown up lorry liao). It is near impossible to catch them. I have UV light but did not ON it. What can i do to cure the fish and prevent the spread of the disease?

[alvin_varian]

hi all

just started marine 2 wks, brought from a hobbist include LR , LS sand , setup everything, look ok for a wk. Starting buying more tang from J J marine,include into the 3*2.5*2 tank. Total has 8 tangs, 4 clown , 2 chromis. Is bio-load too high? Has took out all fishes already, drip 5 min in fresh water. Into treatment tank, lower sanity to 24ppt (1.018) first, monitoring. So, the display tank no fish. Only cleaner shrimp,LR, coral. So how to treat display tank? Was told to left display tank for a month should be OK.

1. But there is sure other creature in there that the white spot can get onto it. Then the cycle start again.

2. The treatment tank if lower the sanity, this cause stress to fishes, good idea?

If dont lower the sanity, will the egg or white spot died. regular water change will remove the eggs?

Sowhat the best to treat the display tank and fishes in treatment tank?

thk and pls advise.

[hammy]

treatment

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