wabyrd
Aquarium Advice Freak
I've been treating my 50 gallon (mollies, platys, and guppies) because a few of my fish had died as I had previously posted. Since there are so many fish in the tank, I decided to go ahead and treat the whole tank for disease as apposed to losing $150+ worth of fish. I'd been using Maracyn-Two (Minocycline) for the treatment. On the 3rd day of treatment, I decided it would be best to continue to treat the tank for a second round when I found one of my black mollies was appearing a little fuzzy and ulcerated. Now I am on day 3 of the second round of treatment (8th day total) and I have noticed orange spots on some of my fish. One of the male Dalmation Sailfin Mollies has the orange "trim" all along the top of his dorsal fin. One female clearly has some orange dots on her sides and on the top of her head. These orange spots are most noticeable on my dalmations and silver mollies in the tank. They don't appear to be fuzzy or ulcers of any sort. I was wondering if the Maracyn-two is causing it or is this some other problem I'm going to have to deal with? There are about 50 fish in this tank, but the water quality is PERFECT. I have an Emperor 280 and a Penguin 125 filter both on this tank to keep toxin levels low. Since starting treatment, I've taken out the carbon filters from the 280 but left one in the 125 (over 6 days old) so I didn't remove too much antibiotic. I'm trying to take a picture to show the fish, but I can't get a good shot of them. They are still very active. Are these orange spots a sign of badness to come?