1~What type of fish is afflicted? In addition, please describe what is wrong with the fish to the best of your ability (i.e. cotton like growth, bloated, etc.).
Two mollies, the worst one is a creamsicle, the one of focus in the pictures. They both have what appears to be swelling patches of their bodies, and I'm not sure what it is so I have no idea how to treat it. If you look at the pictures of the creamsicle molly, on the right side of her body is the most swollen spot. It's a darker orange than the rest of her, and it's located right between her gills and pectoral fin. It's a swollen area; that's all I know how to describe it. In the pictures you can also see a vertical white stripe cutting through the orange part. That just developed recently, she used to be all orange on the top half, like a normal creamsicle. I think this loss of coloration my be related to the swelling. She also has lighter swelling on both sides of the body and top, right around the front of the dorsal fin area. Any one know what this is? She had fin rot a few weeks ago, so I think it may still be that infection... maybe it's just moved on to the body? I used melafix to treat the fin rot, but fin rot could also be fungal, correct? I don't know if I should treat with melafix or pimafix... Can anyone tell if this is bacterial, fungal, or parasitic? As you can see from the middle picture, I removed her and one of my silver lyretails (the silver appears to be developing the same thing as well). I have them in a 1.5 Hex that I normally keep my babies in... I don't think this is really enough room for them, but I have nowhere else for them... Will it be ok if I do daily water changes for them? The last picture shows the circled areas of the swelling and de-colored stripe.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values. 0, 0, 10, 78, 7.4
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up? 20gal high, set up for almost a year.
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known. Aqueon Quietflow 20.
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
2 angels, 6 mollies.
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
last week, I do it weekly, about 20%
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
a few months to a year for most of the fish. The two silver mollies, one of which is one of the infected, I got about a week and a half ago.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
no
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
normally fed them tropical flakes, brine shrimp, and blood worms. Recently added spirulina flakes.
Two mollies, the worst one is a creamsicle, the one of focus in the pictures. They both have what appears to be swelling patches of their bodies, and I'm not sure what it is so I have no idea how to treat it. If you look at the pictures of the creamsicle molly, on the right side of her body is the most swollen spot. It's a darker orange than the rest of her, and it's located right between her gills and pectoral fin. It's a swollen area; that's all I know how to describe it. In the pictures you can also see a vertical white stripe cutting through the orange part. That just developed recently, she used to be all orange on the top half, like a normal creamsicle. I think this loss of coloration my be related to the swelling. She also has lighter swelling on both sides of the body and top, right around the front of the dorsal fin area. Any one know what this is? She had fin rot a few weeks ago, so I think it may still be that infection... maybe it's just moved on to the body? I used melafix to treat the fin rot, but fin rot could also be fungal, correct? I don't know if I should treat with melafix or pimafix... Can anyone tell if this is bacterial, fungal, or parasitic? As you can see from the middle picture, I removed her and one of my silver lyretails (the silver appears to be developing the same thing as well). I have them in a 1.5 Hex that I normally keep my babies in... I don't think this is really enough room for them, but I have nowhere else for them... Will it be ok if I do daily water changes for them? The last picture shows the circled areas of the swelling and de-colored stripe.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values. 0, 0, 10, 78, 7.4
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up? 20gal high, set up for almost a year.
4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known. Aqueon Quietflow 20.
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
2 angels, 6 mollies.
6~When is the last time you did a water change and vacuum the gravel? How often do you do this? How much water do you remove at a time?
last week, I do it weekly, about 20%
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
a few months to a year for most of the fish. The two silver mollies, one of which is one of the infected, I got about a week and a half ago.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
no
9~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
normally fed them tropical flakes, brine shrimp, and blood worms. Recently added spirulina flakes.
