White spot in my fresh water fish tank?

Question

i was shocked to find out i had white spot in my tank...

My tank has been together for a little over a month now

i conditioned the water before fish went in.

i had 11 neon's and 2 goldfish.

after 3 weeks the gold fish got hungry in the middle of the night and in a day i had 3 neon's left.. i read something about them mating.. but as far as i knew they were to young to reproduce..

so i took out the gold fish placed them in another tank!! fearing this would scare my 3 year old daughter...

but now they have white spot??

i have read many article's and i thought white spot was got into the tank when to many fish were being introduced at once....

so can anyone tell me what caused the gold fish after so long to eat the neon's and then what and how i got white spot in the tank???

Answer 1

Ich or Whitespot Disease is perhaps the most common disease encountered by freshwater aquarists everywhere, both beginning and advanced.

Luckily, there are a number of very effective treatments available on the market. Some of the most popular include:

QuickCure by Aquarium Pharmaceuticals

Coppersafe by Mardel Laboratories

Super Ick Cure by Jungle Labs

how many time do you feed the fish??

you should feed them once a day a small pinch....

Answer 2

Ich is a parasite, not fungus, and it commonly infects stressed fish.  Too small a tank, poor water quality, or even the transfer from tank to tank can allow paraistes to infect fish carrying it.  Most fish have the parasite to some degree, but are not infected, as their immune system represses the parasite's growth.  The stress weakens the immune system, allowing the parasites to multiply and reach infectious levels.  For this reason, reducing stress should be a first line of defense and is key to treatment.  Along with this, you'll need to medicate, either using copper (Coppersafe, Cupramine, Organicure, Aquarisol), malachite green + formalin (Quick Cure, Rid Ich), or any of the other commercial medications.  Be sure to remove any activated carbon during treatment (though this is unnecessary for straight copper medications), and if using medications with malachite green (also called victoria green B), keep the tank dark, as it degrades with light.

Treat the tank for at LEAST 2 weeks after all signs of the parasite are gone at temperatures below 75*, and 1 week after all signs of the parasite are gone above 75*.

Answer 3

maybe the neons died and the goldfish scavanged (as would the other neons) its not uncommon. Goldfish are not predetory fish and neons are too fast.

White Spot is a fungal disease that fish get when they are under stress or especially if there has been fish deaths in the tank. Hence usually it is in overstocked tanks as the waste levels go up and oxygen decreases.

buy some white spot remedy from the pet store and treat both fish tanks according to the instructions. Take the filter sponge/medium out of the filter for 24 hours first.

Add some plants or ornaments so the remaining neons can hide away as they are very nervous fish and can die from stress.

Make sure you have a filter running in your tank, and the temperature is right for goldfish. You should not be letting it get over 24-25 degrees Celcius or the fish will stress and become ill. Make sure you feed your goldfish small amounts up to twice a day and pellets are much better then flakes.

Answer 4

you should decrease the level of ammonia. or it has swim bladder disease.