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[beesnees]

one of my silver sharks is rubbing up against the tank front, it seems to have a white smudge on its nose wot could this be (face fungus) help!

 

[WILDER]

Size of tank in gallon or litres would be good, how many fish and which type.
And water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph.
Is the patch bleached out or fluffy looking.

 

[beesnees]

55 gallon tank

clown knife
black ghost knife
red tailed sharl
3 * silver sharks
2* clown loach
plec
cat fish
2* angels
nt sure about water levels at this present time but when checked the other week all was g8
will check my levels 2mo

 

[WILDER]

It look overstocked to me you have some very big fish there.
I would get your water tested to see if the filter is coping with the stock of fish in there.
Whats the mouth look like as mouth fungus starts off as a bleached out white patch then can go fluffy.

 

[beesnees]

it looks like a bleached mark. got some anti fungus and finrot treatment, by interpet, is that any good will it work? the knife if are due to change tanks shortly to a 200 gallon when it finnishes cycling only statred 2 days ago tho

 

[WILDER]

Ok that fine as you are going to need that tank size.
Yes finrot med is ok as it is for columnaris, but if no improvement in a few days get back to the board as you might need to change meds, good luck.

 

[beesnees]

thanks very much, how much of an improvement should i look for over the next few days. total clear up or starting to fade

 

[WILDER]

Starting to fade so you can see the med is doing something. I will get you a link to mouth fungus columnaris so you know what to look out for.

http/www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/hdcolumn.htm

 

[beesnees]

thanx very much will treat fish now