BigFish01
Fishaholic
I have recently upgraded to a 130gal tank from my 55. It has been up and running with the fish in it now for 3 months. A few nights ago I added some more rock to it that I had previously cleaned very well and stored indoors for later use. I noticed tonight that my clown loaches have white spot pretty good now. I also have a black ghost knife, 6 skirted tetra, 7 torpedo barbs (newly added to aquarium 2 weeks ago), 1 bn pleco, 1 cae, and 1 clown pleco. I currently have 5 clown loaches. I know that raising the temp will help resolve the white spot but i'm worried about the torpedo barbs because their temp range is around 76 F. Will it hurt them if I turn the temp up to 82-86 range for a couple weeks? I know that the clowns and bgk are sensitive to medications so I would rather not use them as I resulted in one jumping through a small gap in the top a few years back and dont want to do that again. Please help!!
I also have had my clowns for a couple years. I bought two at first to get rid of snails (oops). Then I learned that they need big tanks and more company. I got three more from the pet store about a year ago. The two other newer ones have grown as normal but the one as stayed little and has started looking a little sickly. I'm worried that it might have "skinny Disease" any thoughts on treating it? I can transfer it to a 10gal that I have on hand if needed. Any help would be appreciated.
Other notes, I keep the water temp right around 76, Ammonia is at 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates about 20ppm. PH is right around 8. I have live plants and dose with flourish excel every day, and have for the last year done the same. we have well water that is ran through a softener also. Cant think of anything else that would be helpful at the moment. Oh and the other fish are not affected by the white spot as of yet. Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks
I also have had my clowns for a couple years. I bought two at first to get rid of snails (oops). Then I learned that they need big tanks and more company. I got three more from the pet store about a year ago. The two other newer ones have grown as normal but the one as stayed little and has started looking a little sickly. I'm worried that it might have "skinny Disease" any thoughts on treating it? I can transfer it to a 10gal that I have on hand if needed. Any help would be appreciated.
Other notes, I keep the water temp right around 76, Ammonia is at 0, Nitrites 0, Nitrates about 20ppm. PH is right around 8. I have live plants and dose with flourish excel every day, and have for the last year done the same. we have well water that is ran through a softener also. Cant think of anything else that would be helpful at the moment. Oh and the other fish are not affected by the white spot as of yet. Any thoughts or suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks
Will turn the temp up for a couple weeks and see what happens. Most of the stone was from the original tank also. We will see what happens. Thanks for your quick reply!
so the time frame matches. Hope you get rid of this fast with no casualties. It would be nice if you update the thread. I have clowns myself and I am dreading an ick infestation. I only treated once with seachem paraguard with absolutely no casualties but I caught it fast and that was very long time ago when I had only guppies. 
It's actually safe for inverts like shrimp and doesn't have the dangerous chemicals most ick medications have so I am wondering if it is safe for clown loaches too. I read on a forum on the seachem website that it was used on clowns but can't tell the outcome, but it's something to consider.
Oh well. Gives me time down there away from my computer! Ha.. Very sad on my loss of my little suzie.. Hope that I have no more mishaps.
