Hi everyone,
Thanks for letting me sign up so quickly and easily.
What is your experience and knowledge please on using flubendazole to treat white spot? I have a tank full of corydoras and it's heavily planted and I am not too keen on things like malachite green and formaldehyde because of the plants.
I don't care about snails and I have no shrimps.
Thanks guys
Sean
White spot
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Re: White spot
Flubendazole won't affect white spot. Corydoras like other armoured catfish can easily get whitespot very badly since you can't see their skin.
If you want a safe chemical free treatment, use an overpowered UV filter with a tank turnover at least once an hour. You need at least 60,000 µWsec/cm2 dosage but even higher is better. Don't stop until a couple of weeks after white spot symptoms and gill flashing disappear.
Alternatively if you don't have UV filtration, copper is very effective on white spot since you don't have invertebrates but do use a copper test kit. It's easy to overdose if your not careful.
If you want a safe chemical free treatment, use an overpowered UV filter with a tank turnover at least once an hour. You need at least 60,000 µWsec/cm2 dosage but even higher is better. Don't stop until a couple of weeks after white spot symptoms and gill flashing disappear.
Alternatively if you don't have UV filtration, copper is very effective on white spot since you don't have invertebrates but do use a copper test kit. It's easy to overdose if your not careful.