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hi anyone advise done a water change today and there seems to be a lot of white bits in the water very small but you can see them there are lods any idea what going on thanks anji

have been having trouble with white spot could it be this

I am not sure exactly what those "bits" could be, but if i were you and you have been having problems with ich, i would medicate for ich just to prevent any disease that might come about.

anjichester1

I dont think it could be white spot as I think they are actully to small to see by them selves. Are you sure it is not small air bubbles.

If you are having trouble with white spot as you know it can come in on plants or any new fish to the tank. It also can come through the tap water.

To prevent this store your prepared water change a week ahead in container/s. As the white spot requires a host to survive and there is no host in just the water there should be no chance of introducing white spot into your tank via new water.

I was having trouble with white spot every winter and the colder months. The old brain started working as I was getting it without introducing any thing to the tank except at a water change. Since storing the water (touch wood) I have never had a white spot problem I have been doing this for at least 10 years now.

I work on prevention is better that the problem.

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hi and thanks to everyone who replied only just found this thread got rid of ich but still water not compleatly clear can see all bits flying round in tank im going to but new filter and see how it goes thanks again

Did you have any of that dry, white deposit on the top of your tank (Calcium or salt), or an older sponge from your filter that may be disintergrating? Leftover food that was disturbed during a gravel vac?

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The abstract of this article indicates that after 1 hour, an attached ich trophont had a volume of about 1,0000 microns cubed. I could not find a size of the free swimming theront, but if we take that small trophont to be approximately the same size at the theront.

The cube root of 1,000 microns cubed divided by four thirds times pi (I assumed a spherical shape) gives the free swimmer a size of about 6 microns.
CUBR(1000/((4/3)*pi)) =6.204 ~ 6 microns.

That is on the order of the width on a single hair.

If you noticed dots the size of human hair swimming around, you have very very very good eyes. I would guess precipitated calcium or broken sponge or something like that rather than ich. Ultimately, if there was enough ich to see it swimming around, I would bet that your fish would be very highly infected.