Re: help malawis in bad way
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Umm, excuse me, we are talking about white spot disease, aka ich/Ichthyophthiriasis? It is a parasite. Stress will weaken the fish and give the little buggers a leg up but stress don't start ich. High nitrAte do not start ich. Parasites have to come from somewhere, new fish, new plants/ornament, cross-contamination with a sick tank, etc.
Have you treated the tank yet? You have to move fast and keep up the water changes or the ich will overwhelm your fish.
I know enough to know that I don't know enough