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Hey,
I have just found my clown loach have white spot but I have an african knifefish and an ACF in the tank... Can I use Protozin?

I have also just noticed my Siamese fighter in another tank has a white spot over his eye is this the same thing? and can protozin be used in a tank with ADF's and Kuhli's? :no: :no:
 
is protozin made by waterlife?if it is its the only meds that have worked for me treating whitespot
 
Protozin is one of those chemicals where you add a bit each day - rather than put the full dose in straight away - to reduce the stress on the fish. I have used it successfully in the past - but I don't have kuhlis or ADFs.

The only fish it says it can't be used with are rays and mormyrids. African knifefish aren't mormyrids - but I guess they could be related.

I'd suggest you e-mail Waterlife - [email protected] - and ask them. They were very helpful when I asked about repeating the dosing.
 
This is horrible, no signs of the White spot going and its dose three of four, the loachs look like they are at deaths door, one of them is lovely, 7" and really full bodied but now he looks like he's really struggling his eyes seem slightly sunken and he's gasping.

The white spots are only visible on the loachs but now my talking cat is struggling and coming up to the surface alot and one of the kribs is clamping his tail. Is protozin very stressful for the fish or can whitspot affect other fish internally or something?!?

Help, I don't know what to do.
 
Have you raised the tank temp? Are these fish in quarantine - they should be so you don't infect everyone else?
 
My quarentine tank currently has a Massive long armed shrimp in and he would kill the clown loaches, that is why he is in there in the first place, if they last the night I could go out and get a 20g in the morning.
 
Jesus, this is horrible, I really need help now, I bought a new emergecy tank, unfortunately not in time, both clowns died, covered in white spot and the talking cat although he had no external markings.

I now have a problem that several of the fish have a few specks of white spot and a few have a kind of opaque white mist over their eyes and the barbs have black markings around the eyes, my ACF has blood spots around his eyes.

Is this white spot or something else? what is the problem with all of their eyes?? I have followed the instructions on the top of this forum to try to deal with it but Protozin does not seem to be touching it... Am I going to loose all the tank? more and more fish are being affected. Help! :-( :-(
 
Please, Anyone?!?!?!?

I just came back from from work and the ACF is dead, everything is going wrong, the water is ok, I'v upped the temp to 29, I'm doing 40% water changes and I have upped the airation, do I need some other med for the tank???

The White spots have gone, its their eyes that look messed up now is this a secondary illness due to the weakened immune system?.... Could it be the meds??

Pleeeeaase help!

Impressed with the site changes by the way!
 
Please, Anyone?!?!?!?

I just came back from from work and the ACF is dead, everything is going wrong, the water is ok, I'v upped the temp to 29, I'm doing 40% water changes and I have upped the airation, do I need some other med for the tank???

The White spots have gone, its their eyes that look messed up now is this a secondary illness due to the weakened immune system?.... Could it be the meds??

Pleeeeaase help!

Impressed with the site changes by the way!
 
All I can suggest is raise the tank temp (slowly) to 30 C to accelerate the parasite's lifecyle. Keep dosing the medication as reccomended on the bottle and don't stop medicating until the whitespot has been gone for 3 days. Once you have whitespot there is no point separating the fish, you need to treat the full tank anyway.
What is the problem with the eyes ? What fish are affected ? It could be a secondary infection since the fish's immune systems are depressed at the moment.
Seems to me you have been doing everything by the book, Clown loaches are especially susceptible to whitespot for some reason. I'm not familiar with that medication so can't really advise on it's use, sorry. Some medications direct a half dose when scaleless fish are in the tank (catfish and loaches?) is that medication the same ?
 
Sorry for the delayed reply, hope everyone had a good Christmas, this is the problem with the eye of the betta he doesn't seem to ill apart from this now.
 

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Protozin isn't very effective for whitespot, I lost all of my clown loaches despite following their instructions. I've since found out that instead of half dosing clown loaches with Protozin as you're told to in the sintructions, you're supposed to triple dose them - from an outstanding member of another forum (although that is the only person I've heard that from). I personally couldn't bring myself to do that, but they died anyway. I swapped to King British WS3, and it cleared up the other fish within 2 doses.

I wouldn't recommend Protozin at all, it's far too weak to treat it quickly enough - I'd go for King British if mine ever got it again.

Sorry for your losses - hope you get some answers about the betta - I'll leave that one to the experts.
 
Can you describe the eye can't make much out of the pic, does it look like there is a tumour growing inside the eye.
 
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