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Please can someone advise me. I finally got 5 baby multipunctatis last week. All seemed well until I noticed them covered in tiny white spots yesterday. They seem well otherwise and are eating and very lively. I've failed to find a aquarist shop open today for advice.

Thanks, Walrus

Congrats on the breeding,but the bad news is they have ich,most likely. I have dealt with it in the past with those cats by just slowly raising the temp to 88 degrees until they are better. Be careful with any other fish or plants as the high temps might not be good. Good luck!!

Wish I had bred them! I love plecos and catfish and I finally found somewhere that had some synodontis in stock. Got a friend to take a look at them and they looked really healthy so I got them. I have read about ich - it's a parasite isn't it? I have a couple of platies in that tank - couldn't catch them! Will they be ok? They have the spots too. And it is a heavily planted tank - I guess the plants may not make it. How long to keep the tank at that temp for?

Walrus

Until you see no more whitespot. I have bred them. And they continue to breed I just do not save the eggs.

Thanks Wood. One of them is looking better already and is much livelier. If we get through this I may well ask you about breeding them in the future.

No problem. I am glad they are getting better. Beautiful fish. Good luck!

Hi Walrus,
Don't want to spoil your mood, but what are your waterconditions?? S.multipunctatus will not live very long
in water with a PH level of 7 or less.
They are from the African Tanganjika Lake and definitely need that kind of conditions, otherwise they will become magnets to all kinds of diseases. And they will never get used to "South American" conditions.

Thanks for the advice, but already noted before I got them. Am running a pH of 8.2 in that particular tank. We live in a hard water area so this is relatively easy to maintain.