From my thread "Need help Fast!!" I posted that I have a male ram that has possible mouth fungus, well he proved to me that it was more then that. The corner he was hovering at had white fungus all over it and now he has fungus that is developing on his body. I had no idea that this fish would go into such a bad state after removing him from my cycling 37 gallon. Anyways, he is staying in a divided 20 gallon tank with kribs'n'kids on one half and the male ram on the other. What can I get to treat the tank that will not hurt the fry??? Please help, inexperiance in effect here!!!!!! Thanks!!!
Mouth and body fungus, treatment?? HELP!
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To isolate a sick fish you have to put it into an entirely separate aquarium. Quarantine it. A clean plastic bucket with warmth and filtration would do.
A little touch of fungus or fin rot can be cured with a longterm salt bath, in isolation. When it's far gone, though, it's less treatable. The fungus is probably only on dying tissue.
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A little touch of fungus or fin rot can be cured with a longterm salt bath, in isolation. When it's far gone, though, it's less treatable. The fungus is probably only on dying tissue.
(The more specific you are in your headings, the better attention you'll draw.)
It sounds like columnaris bacteria infection. The symptoms look like fungus but it is actually dead tissue from flesh eating bacteria. Many fungus cure medication in the market is actually antibiotic which perpetuates the wrong diagnosis. True fungus does infect dead tissue but it is rare and the appearance is fluffy. Acute form of Columanris can kill very quickly, ending in leisions and rotten fins all over. Sometime the entire mouth cn be eroded. Get the sick fish into a hospital tank and treat with antibiotic such as Minocyn II, Tetracycline or Faraldazole. The treatment has to be appled quickly and follow full dosage and duration as instructed . It may be too late now if the white patches are all over the body but at least treat any other fish that starts showing the symptom. Salt is used to control parasites and I doubt that it will be effective on bacterial or fungal infection.