Sick Bala Shark

[NewbieFish]

I have 5 Bala Sharks and 1 of them has white spots all over his body, his tail has white spots to. I took some pictures of them. But I dont know how to post them. Any Clue what is wrong with him.

P.S. I had alot of water problems last week, the ammonia was High  between 3.0mgl- 5.0mgl, for a few days and I got that under control, and then the ph drops to 5.0, now the ammonia is fine. but none of the fish had died when the ammonia was high for like 4 days, which suprises me, but I guess thats good. so I dont know if this is causing the spots on the bala shark. My tank is 2 months old.

 

[mpg]

sounds like ich!

ich is very common.  (read the disease database)  there are several different treatments.  hopefully someone with more ich experience than me can suggest a treatment.  i've treated it with aquarium salt and "quickcure" with mostly good results.

ich will spread to your other sharks, so start treatment right away.

 

[tabby360]

white spots usually is it ich

 

[Troy-N-Eli]

Concur w/ previous posts.  Treatment listed by mpg should be effective.  Clout was the winner for us, but that's just us.  Different agents work for different folks.  Surely luvfishies will post something here also.  She recommends a method w/ higher temps and salt concentrations, can't remember the whole thing off the top of my head or I'd share.  Whatever you do, make certain to keep the treatment going until every spot is gone on all fish.