Please! I Need Help, And Quickly

[clcuk87]

really, i should have seen it coming. i have 2 30 gallon fish tanks, one with guppy and a another with a mix of fish. ive beenpaying alot of attention to the guppy tank because theyve been having babies left and right ofcourse.

well today i noticed one of my mollies in the other tank had started to get a lil fungus above his eye and his gill was looking a little red. i had to go to work so i didnt have time to look up on line what to do about it. (im new to this fish thing!) anyway, when i got back from work tonight, the fish had gone way down hill.

their gills are terribly swollen, alot of redness, they have fungus growing off of them in various places, and i think, but im not positive but i think one has a couple anchor worms or something attached to the tail.

then i looked in the tank and the rest of the fish are acting funny too. i check the water and eveything is normal. i just dont know what to do. if anyone could please help me out i would be so gratefull. i have 4 other smaller tanks, even if i have to set all 4 up and quarentine the lot i am willing. but like i said im new to this fish thing, and i dont want to harm them any further.

PLEASE. GIVE. ME. SOME. ADVICE.

ill try to attach some pictures, they arnt have as bad as what my poor fish look in person trust me, but maybe you might beable to see a little what im talking about.

 

[lzymiss]

treat them for external parasites there are different meds you can try but ick away by wardley will treat fungus and external parasites good luck!!

really, i should have seen it coming. i have 2 30 gallon fish tanks, one with guppy and a another with a mix of fish. ive beenpaying alot of attention to the guppy tank because theyve been having babies left and right ofcourse.

well today i noticed one of my mollies in the other tank had started to get a lil fungus above his eye and his gill was looking a little red. i had to go to work so i didnt have time to look up on line what to do about it. (im new to this fish thing!) anyway, when i got back from work tonight, the fish had gone way down hill.

their gills are terribly swollen, alot of redness, they have fungus growing off of them in various places, and i think, but im not positive but i think one has a couple anchor worms or something attached to the tail.

then i looked in the tank and the rest of the fish are acting funny too. i check the water and eveything is normal. i just dont know what to do. if anyone could please help me out i would be so gratefull. i have 4 other smaller tanks, even if i have to set all 4 up and quarentine the lot i am willing. but like i said im new to this fish thing, and i dont want to harm them any further.

PLEASE. GIVE. ME. SOME. ADVICE.

ill try to attach some pictures, they arnt have as bad as what my poor fish look in person trust me, but maybe you might beable to see a little what im talking about.

 

[Samphire]

Clean them out, put some treatment in with them. Did you have any salt for them? is your filter working ok?

 

[england]

as others have said

heres a link to mollie care http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=124252

iam sure mollies prefer brackish water conditions.....try posting in the emergency setion...might get more help

 

[evildead]

You have alot of tanks for someone who is a newbie. Anyways, let me try to help. I'm no expert but i learn quick and been through alot in the 1 yr of owning some fishes and 2 x 10 gallons plus 2 x 1 gallon hospital tanks. Most of my experience has been with Mollies so we r in the same playing field. Mollies are not the hardiest fish to keep and they can get sick easily from quality of the environment.


First the basics of making sure Mollies stay happy and healthy. This is all from experience and alot of reading online.

1. Make sure tank has been fully cycled.
2. Change 20% water ATLEAST once every 2 weeks if not once a week. This is all dependent on the number of fish in your tank.
3. Do not overfeed your Mollies, they eat and poop nonstop and make your water quality go down fast.
4. Keep alot of live water plants to help remove nitrates.
5. Keep a very thin level of gravel that you can easily clean out.
6. Add 1/2 tablespoon of aquarium salt per gallon of water. This helps to keep away bacteria and fungus. Mollies like brackish water anyways.
7. Keep water temperature between 75 and 80 if possible. Any colder or hotter can start to stress them out especially when it drops below 74, they get ick very easily.
8. When cleaning gravel, do not thrash the water or gravel which throws up bacteria, parasites, and waste into the water. This can cause internal infection in the fish. Minimize if at all possible to keep water calm. I have found an easy way to clean.
9. Of course, check to make sure your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph are in check if you see any unusual signs or you are not doing regular water changes.

There are more things, but these are the basics. If you are already doing all this... lets talk about treament.

To treat the problem, you have to recognize what the problem is.

First, you have to find out if your fish is sick from fungus, bacteria, or parasite and who knows what else.

Fungus will look like a fluffy cotton on your fish and can appear pretty much anywhere. This is easy to fix with stuff like Pimafix. However, if you catch it too late on your fish, it can lead to open wounds which then is susceptible to bacterial infections.

Bacterial infections can also be treated with numerous products, but you have to make sure you get he right antibiotics for the bacteria. Gram negative and/or gram positive types. One incidious bacterial infection which can easily be mistaken for fungus is Columnarius (spelling maybe off). It will look almost like a fungus but more smoother and flatter looking on the body then fluffy like fungus. Fish can initially get it along the rear sides or top and will make the fish skin look cloudy. Whenever bacterial infection of any sort occurs, one of the best thing to do is change 30% of water out from the tank and move the sick fish to a hospital tank and change the water out on it everyday 100% till cured. For Mollies especially, clean water is a must. And don't forget to add proper amount of aquarium salt.

I've only dealt with Ick as far as parasites go. Ick is very easy to cure. They appear as lil tiny white dots all of the body and fins. Usually occurs when temperature drops below 74 for Mollies. Just raise the temperature to 77 and add Quick Cure (i think that's the product). It will take care of it in matter of just few hrs. Raising the temperature causes the fish to strengthen immune system as well as make the Ick go through it's cycle faster.

Remember, identify what it is the fish has and make sure water is super clean and right temperature while trying to cure it. That is always a must to speed up healing.

There is much more to say but that should be the basic requirements.

Good Luck

 

[x_angelfish_x]

i had that once but i put some disese safe medicine in my tank