Malachite Green can harm the filter bacteria and kill it its not the best medicine out there all tho it is very strong if i was going to treat with Malachite Green do it as a dip get a bucket make it up as you would the ratio it says on it use tank water and put your fish in for about 10 seconds but white spot is a parasite and will come of the fish and multiply and come back with force ive Ich is scientifically recognized as Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and commonly White Spot Disease alludes to the exhibited appearance. A behavioral association of Ich is the fish holding its fins tight to the body sticking around the

Ich or white spot oscar fish disease.

Oscar fish Ich appears as white cloudy spots on the fish s side and fin regions. It has likely been feeding on the body fluid of the fish for several days and has swelled to many times its original size. At common aquarium temperatures of 75 to 80 f this feeding stage lasts only a few days at which point the fully developed cyst drops off the fish as a tomont. Oscar fish that develop a fungal infection have a growth on the skin that looks similar to a tuft of cotton. The color starts off white but as the infection worsens it can change to gray brown or red. Infections occur on the skin fins or mouth. Your fish may appear to be depressed and lose its appetite.

When white spots appear they are about the size of the head of a pin. The first spots will appear on the fins and can be seen in direct light. As the disease progresses more spots appear on the rest of the fish s body. If the gills are affected the fish may swim to the surface more than usual. This is because they are having difficulty White spot disease is a parasitic disease triggered by the action of the protozoan ichthyophthirius multifilis which is why it is also called ich s disease.this parasite only attacks freshwater fish as it is incapable of surviving in a saltwater environment. White spot disease is characterized by the appearance of small white spots on a fish s skin.

Distinguish white spot disease between freshwater fish and saltwater fish. The disease works in the same way for both freshwater and saltwater fish but have different life cycle durations and different cures. In both types of water the protozoan parasite attaches itself to fish in order to carry out its life cycle.

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