Ick?

[Colin_T]

Salt isn't used to treat white spot. It lives in fresh, brackish and marine environments, although the marine type is a different species. The parasite can tolerate pretty high levels of salt and the amount of salt required usually harms or kills fish.

 

[Tl52505]

It's the minimum but it should do the trick

Yah, he probably isn't feeling all that well. Ich can drain a fish no problems. So they may get lethargic and even more so when the temp is raised. Try to increase water movement and add a bubbler if possible

There is a bubbler and a power head in the tank and I also turned the filter flow all the way up

 

[Tl52505]

Your tank is already on 80F so just turn the heater up to 86F and let it go up overnight.

Do a big water change and gravel clean the substrate before increasing the temperature.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use them. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens.

Increase surface turbulence/ aeration to maximise the dissolved oxygen in the water.

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Keep the temperature at 86F for 2 weeks, or at least one week after all the spots have gone. The heat will kill the parasites and you won't have to use chemicals.

The pleco will be fine at 86F for a couple of weeks.

If the heater can't keep the water warm enough, get some 1-2 inch thick polystyrene foam sheets and tape them to the back and sides of the tank. Have a coverglass on the tank to help trap heat.

The heater goes up pretty high so it should be able to keep it warm enough, I raised it to 82 last night from 80 and when I get home later I am going to raise it up slightly more. I also just did a big water change and vacuumed the gravel because I put some rocks in that clouded the water

 

[Rocky998]

Sounds good! Make sure to keep flow balanced though so that way it doesn't stress the fish but it also keeps oxygen high

 

[Tl52505]

Your tank is already on 80F so just turn the heater up to 86F and let it go up overnight.

Do a big water change and gravel clean the substrate before increasing the temperature.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use them. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens.

Increase surface turbulence/ aeration to maximise the dissolved oxygen in the water.

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Keep the temperature at 86F for 2 weeks, or at least one week after all the spots have gone. The heat will kill the parasites and you won't have to use chemicals.

The pleco will be fine at 86F for a couple of weeks.

If the heater can't keep the water warm enough, get some 1-2 inch thick polystyrene foam sheets and tape them to the back and sides of the tank. Have a coverglass on the tank to help trap heat.

I don’t see that spot on any of the neons anymore, could it have not been ick, one of the neons is still hanging away from the others though

 

[Rocky998]

One time I saw a white spot on my gudgeon. I prepared for the worst the next day and it was still there. Then I found out it was just a small piece of food or something when it fell off...
Sometimes things can seem bad but it's just a misidentified object.

 

[connorlindeman]

I don’t see that spot on any of the neons anymore, could it have not been ick, one of the neons is still hanging away from the others though

Its possible. During its life cycle, ick will fall off. Monitor the fish.

 

[Colin_T]

I don’t see that spot on any of the neons anymore, could it have not been ick, one of the neons is still hanging away from the others though

White spot has 3 stages in its life cycle. The white dot on the fish. The dot drops off the fish and grows in the substrate. The dot ruptures open and releases more parasites to infect the fish.

Post #1 and #16 of the following link have information about white spot, including the different stages of growth.

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...

www.fishforums.net

 

[Tl52505]

White spot has 3 stages in its life cycle. The white dot on the fish. The dot drops off the fish and grows in the substrate. The dot ruptures open and releases more parasites to infect the fish.

Post #1 and #16 of the following link have information about white spot, including the different stages of growth.

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...

www.fishforums.net

Would you recommend keeping the temp up for a little. Is it possible that it could be something from a dead shrimp, because my black skirts killed all of them and they were in there for around a day before I noticed

 

[Colin_T]

The dead shrimp are unlikely to cause this. If they were rotting in the water and caused an ammonia spike (reading above 0ppm), then all the fish would have a milky white film over their bodies and fins. When the ammonia level goes back down to 0ppm the fish should clear up.

It wouldn't hurt to raise the water temperature to 30C (86F) and keep it there for 2 weeks just in case it is white spot. If it's not white spot the higher temperature shouldn't be an issue for 2 weeks. But if it is white spot, then the warmer water should kill the parasites.