White Spot!

[JackoUK]

My DP tank seems to have been infected with whitespot. I can clearly see the spots on one of my DP and one of the Oto's. I was wondering if there was any different way in treating dwarf puffers or they needed anything special. Thanks in advance.

 

[spud13]

ive never tried this but my fish man told me that if you turn up the temp in your tank to 30 degrees for up to a month it kills the white spot and theres no need to put any treatment in the water,
good luck

 

[Creature Seeker]

I have a Mormyrid which don't take well to white spot treatments either so one of my lfs sold me 'Parazoryne', which is a chemical free herbal medicine and safe to use with all kinds of fish (apparantly, I havn't tried it yet). It's a tad pricey, but I've only heard good things about it.

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[DarkEntity]

The raising temp and adding salt option is also very good.

 

[Creature Seeker]

The raising temp and adding salt option is also very good.

I'm not certain, but I thought you weren't meant to add salt in a tank with scaleless fish. Are dwarf puffers scaleless?

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[Blow]

i put a normal dose of salt in with my pictus catfish and channel catfish and they're unharmed and act normal

 

[JackoUK]

Thanks guys. Although to be honest i'm not certain what to do yet. I think I may try a small dose of salt first and then if that doesn't work i'll try and get hold of some Parazoryne.