Neon tetra cotton mouth

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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.).

Neon tetra - looks like cotton growth.

2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.

Am: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0.1 ppm
Nitrates: 3 ppm
Ph 7.4
KH: 6

Temp 25c - 77 f

3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?

54l - 15 g

6 weeks

4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.

Aquael ASAP 300 - internal filter 80g/h

5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?

3 Mollys -
3 Platys
5 neon tetra


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 Saturday - 50% water change and Vacuum the gravel

7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?

2 weeks.

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?

Tropical Vitalis Pellets XS

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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.).

Neon tetra - looks like cotton growth.

2~What are your tank parameters (ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, temp, pH)? Please give exact values.

Am: 0 ppm
Nitrite: 0.1 ppm
Nitrates: 3 ppm
Ph 7.4
KH: 6

Temp 25c - 77 f

3~ How large is the tank? How long has the tank been set up?

54l - 15 g

6 weeks

4~What type of filtration are you using? Please give the name and number (i.e. Fluval 304) and amount of gph if known.

Aquael ASAP 300 - internal filter 80g/h

5~How many fish are in the tank? What kinds of fish are they and what are their current sizes?

3 Mollys -
3 Platys
5 neon tetra


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 Saturday - 50% water change and Vacuum the gravel

7~How long have you had the fish? If the fish is new, how did you acclimate it/them?

2 weeks.

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?

Tropical Vitalis Pellets XS

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Anyone can help? I don’t have a quarantine tank. The only medicine I have at home is esha2000 which it is described as safe to treat on my main tank.

However, I wanna make sure there is something before applying medicine on my water tank.
 
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