My red swords are having white spot on their body. Please Help!!?

Answer 1

sounds like ick. Go to a pet store and ask the associate what drops/powder to get to put in the tank ASAP.

Answer 2

*ich/ick is an external parasite that looks like little white dots and make fish rub or scratch on rocks.
*if it is white and cottony spots/patches that means it's a true fungus.
*if it is grey-white stringy spots/patches, that's a bacteria called columnaris that can kinda resemble fungus.

For Ich/ick: the parasites are sensitive to higher temperature, higher salt concentrations, and copper. turn temp up to 80 and add one tablespoon aquarium salt / 5 gallons of water. For copper you can add 1 teaspoon (appx 1/3 tbsp) of Mardel's Coppersafe / 4 gallons water. copper may be unsafe for snails and some plants but otherwise you should treat the whole tank because it is contagious and you fish may have it even if you can't see it. (the white spots you see are once the parasite has burrowed into the fish's skin and matured and is bursting back out to release more parasites. they feed off your fish's skin.) copper meds are stable in water and remain active for a month so there's no redosing. it is important to treat for the month though because copper only affects the parasite in the freeswimming stages of it's life cycle.

For Fungus: Jungle makes a good fungus medication called Fungus Clear that will treat a true fungus. fungus is contagious, so if it's been in with another fish, treat them all. you may want to start with a complete water change then begin treatment. do water changes every 3 or so days; after a water change add another dose of the medication. it's normal for the water will turn yellowish during treatment.

For Columnaris: I've never dealt with columnaris, but I do know that it is a gram-positive bacteria, and can be treated with any med that treat such bacterias (like Mardel's Maracyn).

Answer 3

Here we present the livebearing fishes that are so common in the freshwater aquarium hobby. The guppy, platy, swordtail, and mollies are the mainstays of the freshwater world and the ease of breeding them has been implicated as one of the primary causes of a problem amongst fish keepers known as MTS or Multiple Tank Syndrome. This syndrome is not life threatening but it has been known to cause problems in smaller homes. Where do you put all those tanks? Soon after getting a few of these prolific breeders, assuming you have a male and a female, you will soon have a tank full of small free swimming fry. If you have larger fish in the tank with them, these small fry will soon be eaten, even by the parents. To successfully raise the young fish you will need a separate tank and/or a breeding trap placed in the tank. Breeding traps or breeding nets can be useful if used correctly. Unfortunately, it can be hard to determine the right time to put the pregnant female in the trap before she releases her babies. Placing her in too soon could cause her to stress. If you're serious about breeding these fish you would really need to have separate, bare bottom tanks set up so you could remove the adult female once she released the babies. Please be responsible with your fish and keep the males and females separated, only get one gender or be prepared to deal with the large numbers of fish that will be coming your way.

Answer 4

If it looks like they got sprinkled with a salt shaker, it's ick. Pet store has several meds for it. Or if you have a heater, you can slowly heat the water to at least 82 degrees, and add AQUARIUM salt. But, don't use salt if you have scaleless fish, and if you have catfish, tetras, scaleless fish, you need to make sure you read the med bottle to make sure it's safe for them.

Answer 5

Sounds like Ich. Petsmart and other places that sell pet supplies carry the medicine to correct this. If caught early it is a minor problem, just follow the directions on the package/bottle.

Answer 6

If you do not have a pet shop nearby, firstly pour a teaspoon of salt to 500ml of water.
Buy sulphur(yellow powder) or methyl blue medication.
Soak the fish for one week.

Answer 7

Ick

Answer 8

seperate the infected ones from th healthy ones then get the drug from your pet shop its a purple liquid put it in both tanks until they heal dont put too much in it cause it might kill them, theis is'nt a very serious illness swords are quite tough too.

Answer 9

this is a diesease called ick isolate the fish or ur other fish will be infected too

Answer 10

It could be STD. Seperate all of them.