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Fishguy
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|  Subject: Mollies look bad(All Better)  Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:35 am | |
| Can anyone help me with what is wrong with my mollies? They look like they have a white fungus on them, at first I thought it was Ich, but from what I read here it looks nothing like it. Not sure of what to do. 
Tank they are in is 10 gallons
Ammonia and Nitrites are at Zero,
I have done a 50% water change and I do weekly 20% changes
I have had the tank running for 6 months.
I am useing one of those in tank corner filters that uses an air pump.
They are the only fish in that tank.
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Celticwraith
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| | Subject: Re: Mollies look bad(All Better) Sat Feb 09, 2008 4:35 pm | |
| I had some Molly's with a fungus that from what you describe is the same. Here is a picture of what they looked like.
I had to move them into a quarantine tank that I had running. It was an established tank so I didn't have to worry about ammonia or anything like that. I turn the temp slowly up to 80 degrees, add salt to the tank (Aquarium Salt). It was a 20 gallon tank, so I add 1 teaspoon of salt per 5 gallons and add Pimafix to the tank following the instructions on the bottle. I had no carbon in the filter, so I you do you'll have to remove it. I did a water change every other day for a week, and before long I could see then getting better. By the end of the week it had cleared up, but I treated the tank for 3 or 4 more days. I still have those Molly's and they are doing fine. Hope that helps you out. |
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Fish_Genius
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Location : Burlington Ontario, Canada
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| | Subject: Re: Mollies look bad(All Better) Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:18 pm | |
| Hmmm.... looks like Velvet disease to me. A lot of my mollies have died from it, and is seems that they are prone to it. There are medications you can use, but only use it in a quarintine tank.
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Fishguy
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| | Subject: Re: Mollies look bad(All Better) Sun Feb 10, 2008 6:53 pm | |
| | Thanks guys, I've picked up some of that Pimafix and will up date you has to how everything works out. |
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Fishguy
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| | Subject: Re: Mollies look bad(All Better) Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:45 pm | |
| Well I lost one of my Mollies, but the rest of them are looking much better and most of the fungus has gone, just a couple little spots.  |
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Fish_Genius
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| | Subject: Re: Mollies look bad(All Better) Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:40 pm | |
| Glad I could help you!
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I have been keeping aquariums most of my life. I have kept both fresh and salt water, cichlids, catfish, loaches, clownfish, wrasses, and everything in between. Feel free to ask me any questions!
Visit my blog at http://fgaquarium.blogspot.com/ |
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Fishguy
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Age : 29
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Posts : 65
Location : Ontario, Canada
Job/hobbies : keeping an aquarium
| | Subject: Re: Mollies look bad(All Better) Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:02 pm | |
| | Yay, Mollies are all better not a sign of the fungas. I'm going to treat for a few more days. |
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