great recovery from white spots

[lotsofloo]

last night i noticed some white spots on my coral beauty. it is the only fish in the aquarium . this morning at about six i noticed that the whole fish was covered in white spots . however when i returned this afternoon at three , i noticed that the fish was cured of white spots only a few at the head . the fish was eating throughout the entire process. . any idea why it recovered so fast? should i still treat it or just moniter the fish. any advice is appreciated

[onizukaa]

leave it as it is as it's feeding

[qwertman321]

i belive the temperature is too cold for the fish.

[jackywongto]

don't be too happy yet.

white spots = fish stressed by something. can be water conditions.

it will come and go and come back again.

Take care not to stress it further. Just feed it small amount regularly.

when it is happy and eating, it will be able to fight off the white spots.

[lotsofloo]

TANKS my tank temp is 27.5

[FuEl]

The ich parasite is going through its life cycle. Very soon the fish could be covered in spots again. The spots actually fall off the fish, and divide and burst. Upon bursting the parasite is free swimming and can re-infect your fish again.

[iskay]

Ich spots disappearing is a sign that they have matured enough to leave the fish host to continue with the next stage of their lifecycle.

Once your tank has Ich, it'll forever have Ich unless it's left fish-less for prolonged periods of time to allow all parasites to die off (that's at least 6 weeks). And it will stay Ich-free only if there's no further introduction of ANYTHING into that tank that harbours the parasite - fish, rocks, sand, water, etc...

Best defense is to keep your fishes in tiptop condition when they can naturally fight off the parasites.

Read up on Ich, its lifecycle, common myths here.

Good Luck with your Coral Beauty.

[lotsofloo]

same thing happened again this morning only worse but when i came home the white spots disappeared again its kinda mysterious

[LaW]

dun be too happy yet.

ick drop off to multiply again, part of their life cycle. so keep a look out for the next few days.

all the best.

[comycus]

Bro Iskay's article is pretty good at answering almost what you need to know about ich and how it affects your fishes. Have you read it yet?

If your fishes are still feeding healthily, then hope tt they will shrug it off.

[lotsofloo]

i have not read his article since i cannot find it but i have read about ich before posting this.i know about ich but it seems to have much more white spots on its body in the early morning than the rest of the day today the fish seems almost fully cured.but what i want to know is why does the fish has more white spots in the morning than in the afternoon

[iskay]

Didn't you see that the word HERE is an underlined hyperlink to the article?

Mouse over the word and click.

[peacemaker]

i have not read his article since i cannot find it but i have read about ich before posting this.i know about ich but it seems to have much more white spots on its body in the early morning than the rest of the day today the fish seems almost fully cured.but what i want to know is why does the fish has more white spots in the morning than in the afternoon

Your question is just... weird. You sneeze more in the morning and less in the afternoon and it repeats the next day, but bottom line is, you still have flu. Shouldn't you be more interested in getting it rid of the problem completely and prevent it from coming back instead?

Do you maintain a constant temperature in your tank?

[lotsofloo]

okay. i mantain a temperature of about 26.5 and above not very constant since i use fans. but it never exceeds 28

[Digiman]

i have not read his article since i cannot find it but i have read about ich before posting this.i know about ich but it seems to have much more white spots on its body in the early morning than the rest of the day today the fish seems almost fully cured.but what i want to know is why does the fish has more white spots in the morning than in the afternoon

In the day, the fish is more active and is fighting off the white spots. During the night when it enters into sleep and resting, white spots will take advantage and infect the fish again that's why when u and your fish wake up in the morning to find yourself (i mean your fish) covered in white spots. Anyway ick is still present in your tank but in an amount that your coral beauty is able to defend itself against. The problem will come when u add new fishes now, weaker new introductions will succumb to ick invasion and ick reproduction will shoot up exponentially causing an outbreak beyond the threshold of all livestocks and wipe out the whole tank. So u need to read up on how to rid off your tank of ick and qt your new fishes and learn how to maintain good water condition so that ick will never get the upper hand in your tank.

P.S. Ick and velvet is the biggest downer of this hobby and we all have to face it at some point of time. Good luck.

[lotsofloo]

thanks for your adivice but my cb died while i was in camp . its really disheartening and smelly. anyway i think i wanna give up on fishes and just keep inverts . i already lost a clown fish and this . my water conditions are great ammonia 0 nitrate 5 nitrite 0.

[Digiman]

thanks for your adivice but my cb died while i was in camp . its really disheartening and smelly. anyway i think i wanna give up on fishes and just keep inverts . i already lost a clown fish and this . my water conditions are great ammonia 0 nitrate 5 nitrite 0.

Guess its not the water but the ick that killed your fishes. As i mentioned before, losing fishes to ick can be disheartening, but this is definitely one thing u've to face and overcome in this hobby.

[comycus]

thanks for your adivice but my cb died while i was in camp . its really disheartening and smelly. anyway i think i wanna give up on fishes and just keep inverts . i already lost a clown fish and this . my water conditions are great ammonia 0 nitrate 5 nitrite 0.

Sad to hear tt. Don't give up bro! Did you acclimatize the fish properly when you added it in? did you check your other parameters?

Most fishes are not tt hard to keep.

[jackywongto]

thanks for your adivice but my cb died while i was in camp . its really disheartening and smelly. anyway i think i wanna give up on fishes and just keep inverts . i already lost a clown fish and this . my water conditions are great ammonia 0 nitrate 5 nitrite 0.

its like that one lah especially for new tank.

once the water are more stable, then you want some fishes to die also difficult.

Dun give up so easily man ==> applies to hobby & real life.

[benjamintse]

won ur tank look a little bit dull with just invets around.the fish is wat mak this hobby special

[orsony]

won ur tank look a little bit dull with just invets around.the fish is wat mak this hobby special

Yes agreed. In addition, the fishes and corals live in a community to help each other too. Try to add fishes after 1 month and get fishes from reefer who have kept it for some time. High chance to have it survive in your tank. Dun give up.

[yikai]

try to get healthy fishes and feed them alot of pellets etc etc to get their immunity going. ich is a managable disease and you can live with it without much problems. i have never lost a fish to ich before, and all my fishes had ich before. immunity is very important in helping the fish resist it until it can fight it off by itself.