studmaster
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Something on my female balloon molly has begun growing on her tail fin.
I'll try to answer all the questions in the sticky to give everyone more information. It looks to be a white cottony thing on both sides of her tain fin. About two weeks ago my old guppy started to get a little bloated and now she's really bloated. In the last few days this growth is starting to get bigger. She's eating and behaving normally.
I've added some pictures to help explain what my female bolloon molly looks like. Any ideas?
1~What type of fish is afflicted?
A. Female Balloon Molly, has a whitish cotton like growth on tail fin.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
A. Just tested.....Ammonia=0, Nitrites=0, Nitrates=5ppm, temp=82, ph=7.6)
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
Tank is 30 gallons, and has been 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.
Aquaclear 150, looked it up and it does 150gals per hour, go figure
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
8 fish in tank (1 pleco 3", 3 tetras 1.5", 3 mollies 2", 1 Guppy 2.5")
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?
Did water change and vacuum cleaning 5 days ago, I usually do a 30-40% water change every weekend.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I've had the fish for about 4 months.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
No.
9A~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
I haven't changed it lately. I feed them HBH Veggie Flakes for 5 days per week and Nutrafin Complete flake food 2 days per week.
I'll try to answer all the questions in the sticky to give everyone more information. It looks to be a white cottony thing on both sides of her tain fin. About two weeks ago my old guppy started to get a little bloated and now she's really bloated. In the last few days this growth is starting to get bigger. She's eating and behaving normally.
I've added some pictures to help explain what my female bolloon molly looks like. Any ideas?
1~What type of fish is afflicted?
A. Female Balloon Molly, has a whitish cotton like growth on tail fin.
2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.
A. Just tested.....Ammonia=0, Nitrites=0, Nitrates=5ppm, temp=82, ph=7.6)
3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?
Tank is 30 gallons, and has been 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.
Aquaclear 150, looked it up and it does 150gals per hour, go figure
5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?
8 fish in tank (1 pleco 3", 3 tetras 1.5", 3 mollies 2", 1 Guppy 2.5")
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?
Did water change and vacuum cleaning 5 days ago, I usually do a 30-40% water change every weekend.
7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?
I've had the fish for about 4 months.
8~Have you added anything new to the tank--decor, new dechlorinator, new substrate, etc.?
No.
9A~What kind of food have you been feeding your fish, have you changed their diet recently?
I haven't changed it lately. I feed them HBH Veggie Flakes for 5 days per week and Nutrafin Complete flake food 2 days per week.
