HELP! DIEASE!

[GoldfishGoddess]

I know I was not prepared for this, I should of got more info on mollies (sailfin mollies) before I got them and mixed two of them with my one goldfish. I thought they would be alright tofather. They were, they did no harm to eachother, but all of a sudden, Moka, one of my sailfin mollies, got some sort of diease near his mouth. He is a sailfin molly, a tropical fish.
The diease looks sort of like a fungus growth (white fuzz), I think, but it has like a pink pimple it is growing from. I don't know.

Please help if you can. I moved him to a five gallon, with a filter and light, and have added Jungle, Tank Buddies, Fungus Clear. Although I don't know what it could do to help. What co
uld this be and is there a cure? Any reason why this would happen?

Ammonia Level: 0
Nitrite Level? : .1
Ph Level? : around 7.5
Tank size(How many Gals) and How long has it been running?: 20 gallon, a year and a few months
What kind of Filtration?: Aqua Clear 150
How often do you change the water and how much? : every week or two, 40%
What kind of Water additives or conditioners?: none, just to the hospital tank the medicine
Any Medications add to the tank? : To the hospital tank, Jungle
How many fish in the tank and there size? : 1 tiny bottom feeder, 1 sarasa comet 1 1/2 inch, and the 2 sailfin mollies 2 inches or less.
Add any new fish to the tank?
What do you feed your fish?: Goldfish Flakes, Goldfish Green Pellets (hardly ever feed this), Betta pellets (almost never feed), Sprila, and I just bought today some Tropical Flakes
Any unusual findings on the fish? Such as
"grains of salt", bloody streaks, frayed fins, fungus? : explained above
Any unusual behavior? Like staying
at the bottom, not eating, ect..?: swimming normally, eating fine so far

If anyone can help, it would be much appricated, thank you.

 

[pendragon]

It is not clear to me from your post whether you understand this, but mollies are tropical fish which require a heater to keep their water a sufficient temperature. Goldfish are coldwater fish, whose water must be room temperature and cannot tolerate a heater. You cannot have both tropical and coldwater fish in the same aquarium, lest one (or both) of them develop serious problems. It's a big no-no. You said you moved the molly to a hospital tank, but you didn't mention having a heater there, either.

I'm not terribly familiar with particular medications, having been very fortunate and never having needed them myself; maybe someone else here can give you some guidance on that. But first thing's first, you need to get the mollies into their own tank with a heater, and keep the water 75-ish degrees (anywhere between 72 and 80 should be fine; the exact temperature is not as important as keeping it constant). Mollies also benefit from a little aquarium salt in the water, so if you can get some, add some aquarium salt, following the recommended dose on the packaging. Past that, get a reputable anti-fungus medication and follow packaged directions for dosing. Your local fish shop may be able to recommend specific medications. If you can get some, it might also be a good idea to treat supplementally with MelaFix, which is an all-natural, all-purpose fish "tonic".

And that's really all you can do, besides cross your fingers. But getting the mollies in the appropriate water will go much further toward helping him than treating with medicine but leaving him in the wrong conditions.

Hope that helps.

pendragon!

 

[GoldfishGoddess]

Thankyou Pendragon!

I know about fish, so I'm not a beginner, just to let you know. It probably sounds like I'm being a smart "'rump'" or rude but to inform you. I have been fish keeping for about 6-7 years now. That mostly consists of goldfish keeping. I have made mistakes. I am not afraid to admit that.

I agree that mollies (are tropical) should not be with goldfish. I do have a heater, but I don't feel like I need to use it - my tanks are all around 73 degrees ferigheight. And I'm always afraid of what could happen - what have happened to many of my friends - that the heater could fail and the temp. go down to quickly or it might malfunction and boil my fish alive. Bacially I think that the tropical and goldfish don't go together because of their tolerences. Goldfish are high producers of waste and can tolerate a fair amount of ammonia/nitrite. Tropical fish can't tolerate it as much as goldfish can. (sorry if I sound like I am critisizing). Goldfish can live with tropicals. But I learned that Tropical Fish can not live with Goldfish very happlily and won't be living in a healthy environment for them.

I added non-idionized fine sea salt to the five gallon today after a small water change. And Angel died, thinking she was perfectly healthy when I looked at her that morning, last night.