WHITE SPOTs ..........!

[hermit]

hello are marine experts out there, can anyone help me along as recently i am fighting with the white spots on my fishes............

what are the various ways of dealing with white spots and it keep on pestering my regal and boxfish......

are there any medication selling in the market which deal with white spots and can be apply directly into the aquarium without affecting the living of invertebrates........

if i were to set up a hospital tank for my sick fishes, how am i going about with ? what are the material needed, equipment, filtering system,medication, and the basic minimum tank size needed ?

do i need to cycle the tank as per what is normally done to the main tank ?

AND..........i am also not very confident in handling copper safe , can please guide me on using this medication.....what is the dosage amount do i need to put in my tank.....how long must the fish be treated in the copper tank.....?

if let's say my fish is recover already, how am i prevent those white spots from pestering the fishes again..........

using garlic guard to build up their immne .......

how to handle garlic guard ......?

OR........... are there more other ways of preventing the white spots again......?

thanks you for reading my long essay of question..........

[ZiT]

i think most of your questions can be answered by reading more from this disease section. seems like half the posts here are on that irritating parasite...

[birman]

What is your filtration flow rate? Total water flow rate?

You need to keep the filtration flow rate at around 10 times your tank volume. I used to have problem with itch and it went away after I increased my flow rate and improve my water circulation to prevent dead spot.