lizard
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Hi all!
I was just down the hall checking out a friend's new Betta (she's had him for three or four days). He has white fuzz on him, almost looks like he's moldy. He's mostly sitting at the top of the tank, but that might be because the gal has so many plants in there (I've told her that she has too many plants in there and needs to remove some, but she hasn't done so yet. She's not the brightest person in the world.). I looked at the fish dieases page at "Pandora's Aquarium" and what "Blue Tail" has looks like either "Cotton Fin Fungus" or "Body Fungus" (I know both are caused by the same species of pathogen and that treatment is the same).
The aquarium the Betta is in is a one gallon with a UGF. There are three Ghost Shrimp in with him. As mentioned above, there are way too many plants in it (the Betta can get to the top for air - I've made sure of that). Could the fungus have been carried on the plants? Is it most likely just due to stress? What do we treat it with?
Thanks everyone!
Pamela
aka Lizard
I was just down the hall checking out a friend's new Betta (she's had him for three or four days). He has white fuzz on him, almost looks like he's moldy. He's mostly sitting at the top of the tank, but that might be because the gal has so many plants in there (I've told her that she has too many plants in there and needs to remove some, but she hasn't done so yet. She's not the brightest person in the world.). I looked at the fish dieases page at "Pandora's Aquarium" and what "Blue Tail" has looks like either "Cotton Fin Fungus" or "Body Fungus" (I know both are caused by the same species of pathogen and that treatment is the same).
The aquarium the Betta is in is a one gallon with a UGF. There are three Ghost Shrimp in with him. As mentioned above, there are way too many plants in it (the Betta can get to the top for air - I've made sure of that). Could the fungus have been carried on the plants? Is it most likely just due to stress? What do we treat it with?
Thanks everyone!
Pamela
aka Lizard
