Neon with Mouth Fungus

MyShrimpDied

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Jun 2, 2004
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I was looking in my tank very carefully about 20 minutes ago to make sure everything was going good. Everything WAS going good until I noticed what looks like two white grains of sand on my Neon Tetras lips.

My first thought was mouth fungus and i'm not really sure what to do. As part of my weekly maitenance I added 4 tsp of disolved Morton salt as a precaution to help with any infections or disease prevention. NOTE** I added the salt BEFORE I noticed the white grains on the Neon's lip.

Tomorrow is my tank maitenance day and i will be doing a 30% water change along with vacuming and sturing my sand.

IF it is mouth fungus Im not sure if I have an appropriate place to put him to prevent spreading it. I have my 10gal puffer which currently has no puffers in it, but has 2 otocinclus affinis and 2 ghost shrimp.

Is there anything I can add to the tank to help the little guy out? I don't know why but I have become VERY attached to my fish, So I feel really guilty whenever something bad happens to em'.

Thanks,
~ MyShrimpDied
 
The salt should help, it increases the slime coat your fish produces, helping to ward off bacteria and fungus.
I know tomorrow is maintenance day, but if I were you, for the next little while I'd make _every day_ maintenance day. Start changing 25% or even more of the water every day, vacuuming the substrate and making sure the water you replace is dechlorinated and the same temperature and pH as that in the tank (or very close) since you really don't want to stress the fish at this point. Replace the amout of salt removed by the water changes each time so the dose of salt remains constant.
Sometimes a really clean tank, salt and time are all you need when you catch a problem as early as you have.
This type of maintenance will help no matter what your neon has; ich, fungus, bacterial infection, all will be helped by keeping the tank clean, the water parameters perfect and adding some salt.
Good luck!
 
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