Best thing to do is raise the temp to 86F and vacuum the gravel every other day for 2 weeks. This will suck up ich in its dormant stage in the gravel. Only top off water as needed. There you go! 
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Yes but he said it might remove some but dont do it regardless. You said do it
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Can you post a picture of the fish so we can confirm this is white spot?
Have you added anything new to the tank in the last 2 weeks?
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As others have said, raise the temp to 30C (86F) for 2 weeks. The heat will kill the parasites and you won't need to use chemicals.
Do a big (75-90%) water change and complete gravel clean before raising the temperature. This dilutes the number of disease organisms in the water and will buy the fish some time while the heat treatment does its job.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
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The following link has information about white spot and various ways to treat it with and without chemicals. The first post on page 1 and second post on page 2 might interest you.
What is ICH?
This is a common question that is often asked, what is ich and how is it recognisable and what causes it? The real term is ICHTHYOPHTHIRIASIS. OR commonly known as white spot. It is an extremely comon parasite that affects aquarium fish. It is highly infectious and potentially lethal and...
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I'm gonna try to get a picture as soon as possible, also, I saw a few spots on my cory too, I've already raised the temp and I just did a water change.Can you post a picture of the fish so we can confirm this is white spot?
Have you added anything new to the tank in the last 2 weeks?
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As others have said, raise the temp to 30C (86F) for 2 weeks. The heat will kill the parasites and you won't need to use chemicals.
Do a big (75-90%) water change and complete gravel clean before raising the temperature. This dilutes the number of disease organisms in the water and will buy the fish some time while the heat treatment does its job.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
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The following link has information about white spot and various ways to treat it with and without chemicals. The first post on page 1 and second post on page 2 might interest you.
What is ICH?
This is a common question that is often asked, what is ich and how is it recognisable and what causes it? The real term is ICHTHYOPHTHIRIASIS. OR commonly known as white spot. It is an extremely comon parasite that affects aquarium fish. It is highly infectious and potentially lethal and...
Ok, sounds good.
Ick is very contagious. So don’t use the same net in two different tanks.
You can use the same net if you dry it between uses
You can, I was just saying that you couldn’t move a snail or something from one tank to the other. And you couldn’t transport plants or decor with cleaning them.
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Okay! I'll make sure I pay attention to that!
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