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Fungus??
Hi all, Well I got my tank set up two weeks ago... and now
have added fish as of a few days ago. I noticed while feeding
today that one of my Bleeding Heart Tetras has what looks
to be a white, cottony fungus?? growth on his tail fin and
dorsal fin. Any idea what this is?? I have a good guess from
the Disease's page here. Now the big question...being as I
am cycling the tank (fish have only been in for 3 days....LIVE
plants for 1 wk). What can I treat this fish with that will
not kill my plants or mess up the cycling??? thanks Claude
- Even though your tank is not cycled you have to treat if
they have white cottony growth on their bodies. I have never
had this type of fungus so maybe Jeff or Curt can help with
which med is easier on plants. If you don't hear from them
I use Kanacyn for most bacterial infections and have not noticed
it impacting my plants. Since you are still cycling use some
extra aeration(air stone/bubble wand or something) when you
treat the fish and don't feed very much. Keep testing for
nitrates and ammonia spikes. After your treatment period expires(should
say on the med) do a small water change.
- Yep as Joyce said sounds like cotton mouth fungus. Flexibacter
Columnaris...You have read the disease and med part on this
site good! Now as said again and again test your water..Ph,nitrite
and ammonia,Treat with Furance,Fungus cure,E.M tabs or tetracycline,read
the instructions on the meds..do a 30% water change to start
if your ammonia and nitrites are off the map...remove the
carbon from your filter and add aeration as Joyce mentioned
and keep a close eye on your water parameters during treatment
because you may lose your entire bacterial bed while cycling
and treatment.. Sorry,
- OK...sorry I miss read your post...no fungus on the mouth
just body right?...so we have a different fungi more likely
saprolgnia and achlya which are usually secondary infections
from disease or parasites...usually the healthy fish are not
effected....so lets try to save your bacterial bed and get
just that fish out and try a methylene blue dip...this might
not help but try it anyway it's usually more effective if
it's an eye effected thing ...and a drop of methylene blue
in a gal of water put the fish in for ten to twenty minutes
do it twice a day to see if you get an improvement...you have
nothing to lose...if it doesn;t work than use the fungus Guard
or fungus cure as mentioned earlier..sorry sometime I don't
pay attention when my daughter is crying...yikes
- What you have is Flexebactor. You will need to treat with
Maracyn for the Flex and Maracyn 2 for the secondary infection
that will come. Lower your tank to 75 degrees. Flex grows
like gangbusters in 77 or higher. Treat with both for a full
10 days. If you fish is still eating get some Tetra Anti-bacterial
medicated food to feed them. Do NOT feed anything else for
a minimum of 5 days on day six give some blood worms or brine
shrimp then start the medicated food again. If you need any
more info go to www.aquamaniacs.net We have tons of info on
this floating around there. Good luck. Rose
- Rose ...that's what I thought too but usually that seems
so be mainly on the mouth as in my first post but it can be
seen elsewhere..I did however feel that a lesser aggressive
treatment may work...
- Dont' bother with something less aggressive. There are several
degrees on how deadly this can be. All the fish I have had
have been dead in less than 3 days from the very first sign
that something was wrong. If you have this it is way better
to hit it hard to begin with than to find out you hit it too
soft and have your fish dead in a matter of hours. The degrees
of this range from dead in a matter of hours to weeks. Most
happen to die in the first 3-7 days. This is why I said to
hit it with Maracyn and Maracyn 2. Most importantly hit it
with the Maracyn. That will be what kills the bacteria. Rose
- No the cottony stuff is ONLY on the tail fin and dorsal
fin. And only this fish is infected. All fish INCLUEDING the
one with the growth are eating, active and appear happy. So
should I still follow Rose's treatment??? Thanks Claude
- yes....we will go for the more aggressive to be safe...good
luck
- Ditto with Jeff...By the time the fish are dead too late!
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