My fish have White spot,&I am using Interpet Anti White Spot Plus No.6) Advice needed with Juwel Filter Please
Hi all!
I need some advice on treating my fish for White Spot. Have just noticed they suffer from the disease and have Interpets ‘Aquarium Treatment no.6 Anti White Spot Plus’. I Have a built in Juwel Compact/Compact H Filter System. The filter system has a carbon sponge and a nitrate removal sponge. When reading through the booklet of instructions for the treatment it states: ” Remove carbon and zeolite (ammonia remover) filter media from aquarium.”. Does this mean I have to take out the carbon sponge from the filter? If so, can I keep the filter running, but just take the carbon sponge out? I switched of the filter completely before and my tank got in such a mess so quickly! I have an air stone in the tank too.
John K: How come the poly pad has to be removed too? So you just ran the filter with the blue fine filter sponge? Did you use the Interpet treatment? (Thank you for your answer sweetheart)
What does the carbon filter specifically do to the treatment? Does it remove it?
May 29th, 2010 at 3:15 am
On my juwel compact,I just removed the poly pad and carbon sponge and left the pump running.The white spot cleared up in about a week.I then removed and washed all the blue filters in tank water,and replaced the carbon and poly filters,no more bother.Hope this helps
May 29th, 2010 at 9:51 am
I wouldn’t use the Interpet meds, if I’m honest. Their success rate is debatable and they have been known to undergo a chemical reaction when kept in the wrong conditions which makes them toxic to the fish they’re supposed to treat. The best Whitespot/protozoan med on the market is Waterlife’s Protozin. Filter-safe, stable enough not to change, and has good results.
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EDIT:
Carbon is intended to remove all impurities from the water – and that can include meds. Obviously, if you’re treating the tank for something, you want the meds stay in the water.
Also, don’t keep the carbon in for too long after you’ve used it to remove the meds. It evenutally fills up and dumps all of its contents back into the water.