white spot

i think i have managed to get rid of the dreaded whitespot the clowns have been clear this week so give a last dose on monday and cleaned the tank today they look so much happier this week i have also put carbon in the filters to clear the last of the meds and i have bought a uv sterilizer to make sure everything is ok i must say it came yesterday and i put it to go and the water is a lot clearer as the tank is deep i was having a lot of alge even though i have plants in the tank my plec keeps wrecking them he also rolls the moss balls into his cave

I'm glad your whitespot is gone alison. What does a uv filter do - is it just like an ordinary filter with extras, and is it better to have one of those than an ordinary internal filter?

Sorry for all the noobie questions

alison probably knows more than me but i think the uv filter sort of sterilisers the water somehow and gets rid of algae and i'm not sure if it also kills germs too.

i saw it on ebay it gets rid of algae and its supposed to kill harmful germs and according to the box there's a reduction of all disease-causing agents in the water i paid £29.99 if it does the job i'll be happy the water does look a lot clearer its made by fish r fun i got it in 3 days and the replacement lamps are about 14.99 i've still got an external and internal filter running with a 12 inch common plec and i just got a polka dot plec i need the filtration

Sounds good, alison. I've never looked into getting a UV sterilizer but I've heard good things about them.

some of the ones i looked at were really expensive but i found one on ebay and decided to give it a go. just checked my tank and the water is looking really good and if it helps to keep disease at bay its worth £30 as i lost one clown loach over christmas to ich

glad things seem to be on the up alison :lol: