So I've had these balloon mollies for almost 2 months now, and one of them got what I thought to be Ich. So I treated the tank for it, I forget the 1st med I used. He looked good after that and I thought, problem solved, then a few days later big white spots appeared on his tail, looked kinda like fungus to me so I treated the tank with Jungle Fungus Guard, again after treatment, water change etc, he looked good.
Maybe a week goes by, and the spots appear again, by this time, hes also lost color for some reason, his color is somewhat faded and the top of his head looks almost dry and scaly (Will be in the pics). I get Tetra Life Guard, cause at this point I'm scratching my head and it says it takes care of a lot of stuff. Same thing happens and I end up going through 2 rounds of this.
This time I try Melafix and Pimafix together, at first I don't see much improving then by the end of the 7 days, things look good. I'm hopeful this is it. It is not, today I look in the tank (been about a week again) and these spots are back... So I'm at a loss at this time, I'm out about 70 bucks in meds, I've lost one of the balloon mollies and my butterfly loach, probably due to the stress of all these meds and water changes.
A little info about the tank: Its 20 gallons long, its been set up for years now and I keep a close eye on the water balance. The PH is 6.8 - 7.0, no ammonia, no problems with nitrates or nitrites and I do regular water changes. I have a few neon tetras, two corey cats, a pleco, and these mollies.
One last bit of info, I pulled an undergravel filter out weeks before getting these mollies, it kicked up a lot of crap in the tank, but I had since then done a couple water changes vacuuming the gravel to clean things up and things seemed fine. The Molly in question also acts normal, swims around like the others, is very curious when I sit by the tank, he behaves as if nothing is wrong.
The first pic is of the top of his head, I don't know what that stuff is, the other 2 are from what he has on his tail now. Any help is greatly appreciated as I just do not know what to do anymore.
Maybe a week goes by, and the spots appear again, by this time, hes also lost color for some reason, his color is somewhat faded and the top of his head looks almost dry and scaly (Will be in the pics). I get Tetra Life Guard, cause at this point I'm scratching my head and it says it takes care of a lot of stuff. Same thing happens and I end up going through 2 rounds of this.
This time I try Melafix and Pimafix together, at first I don't see much improving then by the end of the 7 days, things look good. I'm hopeful this is it. It is not, today I look in the tank (been about a week again) and these spots are back... So I'm at a loss at this time, I'm out about 70 bucks in meds, I've lost one of the balloon mollies and my butterfly loach, probably due to the stress of all these meds and water changes.
A little info about the tank: Its 20 gallons long, its been set up for years now and I keep a close eye on the water balance. The PH is 6.8 - 7.0, no ammonia, no problems with nitrates or nitrites and I do regular water changes. I have a few neon tetras, two corey cats, a pleco, and these mollies.
One last bit of info, I pulled an undergravel filter out weeks before getting these mollies, it kicked up a lot of crap in the tank, but I had since then done a couple water changes vacuuming the gravel to clean things up and things seemed fine. The Molly in question also acts normal, swims around like the others, is very curious when I sit by the tank, he behaves as if nothing is wrong.
The first pic is of the top of his head, I don't know what that stuff is, the other 2 are from what he has on his tail now. Any help is greatly appreciated as I just do not know what to do anymore.