Help. Possible fin rot

[Sarah Guppy]

Hello. Just spotted a few White spots on the ends on my mollys fins. Is it fin rot? My tetras have the same too??? Can this b treated? The Molly is heavily pregnant. Will she b ok x

 

[Ant329]

Could be the start of ick.. Also check you water parimeters.. Have you added any nee fish lately.. Might want to try aquarium salt followed by the instructions on the bottle, also i would raise my water temp to 86 degrees

 

[Sarah Guppy]

Thanx ant am using aquarium salt every water change. Temp is 82 at the min. I will pop it up slowly. In the meantime is there any treatment I can give them

 

[Ant329]

I used ich-x but it changes your water color to a blue color, also my brother used QuICK cure which worked faster than ich-x...

 

[Ant329]

QuICK cure dosent change water color

 

[Sarah Guppy]

Great I will look for that then. Thanx alot ant

 

[LyndaB]

Are you sure it's ich? Fin rot is a symptom of columnaris, as well as just plain old fin rot.

Do the spots look like grains of salt?

Don't use meds until you can definitely diagnose the issue.

 

[Ant329]

Actually ich dosent have to be in a grain of salt form.. This wasnt the case with me.. In most cases it will but not all the time.. Some will look like small white circles( blotches)

 

[Ant329]

Lynda is right about not treating with ich meds yet.. I would continue to do the water changes with salt, then if it worsens or you see more white spots then i would start using the meds..

 

[Sarah Guppy]

Yer they look like little grains of salt sat on the ends of her fins. Also has a lump on the end of her tail and her tail fin has I white edge

 

[Sarah Guppy]

This is her u can clearly c the lump on the end of her tail. Also the whole tank has slowed down and pretty much gone into hiding :-(

 

[LyndaB]

I don't see anything that looks like ich. The bumps might be some kind of tumor.

The best thing to do as a first plan of attack is keep that water as pristine as possible.

That's a really pretty fish.

 

[Ant329]

If you see salt crystals and white foggy circle patches, you have a parasite problem.. (ick & protozoan) get
quICK cure!

 

[Sarah Guppy]

Ok got quick cure. Dosed the tank. Hoping there bit better tomoz. Really don't wanna lose em :-(. Love my fishes too much xx

 

[Ant329]

I swear by quICK cure you will see results quickly.. Dont forget to keep treating for a few days even if it looks 100% better as a precautionary.. Hope all goes well for you

 

[Sarah Guppy]

Im devastated to say that my beautiful Molly has died this morning. Her and my marble Molly. Defo was ich Im really upset about it. :-(

 

[Ant329]

So sorry to hear!!! This happens with fish, have to accept as part of the hobby, hopefully you will continue to treat so in the near future you can get new fish!!