Silver Dollar might be sick:(

[thebrandon]

Hello everyone. My SD seems to be coming down with something. It looks like white mold almost on the tip of his mouth. He was still eating last night. I wish I could get pics right now but my camera is dead the charger seems to have taken a vacation. Any idea on what this could be or how to treat it?

 

[tanker]

Fungus?? Probably from an injury.

 

[rich311k]

Sounds like cotton mouth to me. Try googling it and see if it matches.

 

[thebrandon]

I'm checking google right now

and just before anyone asks, perams are perfect!! lol

 

[belfastbabe]

yea seems like fingus to me...my sds had this on their back a few months ago and i treated it with lps stuff for fungus

hope it goes well
silver dollars are great fish!!

 

[thebrandon]

Which meds did you use? I would really hate to lose this fish

 

[thebrandon]

Also if anyone knows of any good med in general that would be great, I don't want to lose this fish or any others.

Also there are light patches all over his body.

 

[jm1212]

actually sounds like columnaris to me. fungus is actually a very rare ailment.

 

[thebrandon]

That is one thing I was thinking it could be. If it is indeed columnaris I can treat that with copper sulfate right? I would just have to take my snails and shrimp out first right?

 

[belfastbabe]

i think you should quaratine this fish incase it might be columnarious....

My silver dollar had a whit-ish fuzz on his lower lip and a patch on his side... my lfs gave me anti-fungus and finrot med... one treatment which worked... i cant remember the brand name it was a long time ago... some pics??