Ich / White Spot?

[sparkypenguin]

Hi all,

Help required please.
I just noticed that one of my black mollies has some white bumps on it's top lip area.
Is this white spot?
Photo's attached and youtube video link here

Kind regards,
Mark.

 

[Acorno]

Hi all,

Help required please.
I just noticed that one of my black mollies has some white bumps on it's top lip area.
Is this white spot?
Photo's attached and youtube video link here

Kind regards,
Mark.

It looks more like a fungus to me. Ich tends to be all over the body not just the mouth.

 

[sparkypenguin]

It looks more like a fungus to me. Ich tends to be all over the body not just the mouth.

Thanks.
I've got some protozin which treats both so depending what others think I will probably do a large scale water change and start treatment tomorrow.

 

[Ichthys]

Looks like Columnaris (mouth ‘fungus’), which is bacterial.
You’ll also need to rectify the cause, which in mollies is usually bad or soft water.

 

[sparkypenguin]

I have held off with the treatment as the fish in question appears to be getting better.
A lot less white stuff on it.
Gonna be doing a continual water change and I'll monitor the fish to see if it gets better on its own.
Thanks for everyones help.

 

[Colin_T]

excess mucous caused by something in the water irritating the fish.

best treatment is big daily water changes and gravel cleaning the substrate, do this for a week.
make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.

 

[sparkypenguin]

@Colin_T
Thanks for that.
I will continue the water changes and I use prime to treat so no Chlorine / Chloramine.
I'll also do a big substrate clean.