Hole in the head?????

[amanda]

Well here I am again.... 3rd post on this site, all was going well until lately (maybe I am just an over paranoid fish mum who needs to chill... I am sure one of you fishoholics will tell me if I am)...
anyway....
I posted the other day about my silver mollie going black. I put her in a plastic breeder with out the fry V-trap bit (cause she is small enough for it not to stress her out)... she seems ok, maybe not as black, but still not as 'white' looking as the others. She is eating, swimming normally (well as normal as you can in a small plastic box) and her fins dont look stressed any more (flat down). Thats since I did the water change and added salt, filter aid and aqua safe.
As I have been constantly watching over her, I noticed she has a type of 'hole' in the top of her head?! And now I am looking at the other 2 mollies wondering if they too look like they have holes in their head?
I now think I have heard of 'hole in the head disease'... but I am not sure of anything anymore!!!!!!!

Can anyone shed any light?
Manda
x

 

[black angel]

do you have another tank that you can quarantine your fish in? as you have a shrimp i dont think you can use any medications. i would use a broad range bacterial solution such as myxazin to start with. but unless you can seperate the fish then i dont think you can. if it is hole in the head then you could try octozin.

 

[amanda]

Thanks.
What do you mean by cause I have a shrimp? Am I being thick!!!!

 

[Phantom Thief]

No, its because shrimp are sensitive to most medications, and will be killed by it.

P.T.