Black Molly White Blotches/spots

[Flexa]

Personally i would say the fish is suffering from Columnaris (see google images for more pics), treat with an anti bacterial medication, Stress Coat dechlorinator (helps replenish fishes natural slime coat which protects them from infection) & some aquarium salt (particularly beneficial for black Mollies).

what kind of medication would you suggest? give me some names please?

I'm from England if that helps? so products available in the UK

 

[hanny93]

I'd suggest pimafix above all else.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Depends on where you live (not all meds are available in all countries). "Anti internal bacteria" by Interpet will work and won't kill off your beneficial bacteria. Pimafix might work but its not a very strong medication and needs daily dosing. Myxazin by Waterlife will also work.

 

[Flexa]

Depends on where you live (not all meds are available in all countries). "Anti internal bacteria" by Interpet will work and won't kill off your beneficial bacteria. Pimafix might work but its not a very strong medication and needs daily dosing. Myxazin by Waterlife will also work.

I'm from the Uk, Manchester. I looked on your profile and noticed Somerset.

 

[hanny93]

I was just going off my experience with melafix.

Big waterchanges, and now that tokis has suggested it, myxazin is probably a lot better of a choice.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

All 3 of those meds are available where you live then- personally i'd recommend the "anti internal bacteria" by Interpet first, followed by the Myxazin (Myxazin is the strongest med) and lastly the Pimafix- pick one med. I'd also treat the tank with some aquarium salt (will make the interpet medication more effective and be beneficial for the black molly) and switch to Stress Coat dechlorinator for a while when doing water changes .

 

[Flexa]

All 3 of those meds are available where you live then- personally i'd recommend the "anti internal bacteria" by Interpet first, followed by the Myxazin (Myxazin is the strongest med) and lastly the Pimafix- pick one med. I'd also treat the tank with some aquarium salt (will make the interpet medication more effective and be beneficial for the black molly) and switch to Stress Coat dechlorinator for a while when doing water changes .

ok so can you basically suggest which way I do it?

anti internal bacteria, when I've used that up, Use Myxazin?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

All 3 of those meds are available where you live then- personally i'd recommend the "anti internal bacteria" by Interpet first, followed by the Myxazin (Myxazin is the strongest med) and lastly the Pimafix- pick one med. I'd also treat the tank with some aquarium salt (will make the interpet medication more effective and be beneficial for the black molly) and switch to Stress Coat dechlorinator for a while when doing water changes .

ok so can you basically suggest which way I do it?

sorry I'm a newb

Well if you go for the Interpet stuff, you will need to dose the tank with it 2-3 times over the course of the week- the med comes with good intructions. Dose the tank as well with the aquarium salt when dosing the interpet (aquarium salt will also come with instructions). I would advise doing about 3 medium sized (30%) partial water changes with the Stress Coat dechlorinator over the course of the week (making sure to top up any lost meds). You may need to medicate the fish into the second week, but all in all if all goes right it should take the fish between 1-3 weeks to recover with the medication, salt, Stress Coat & water changes.
I would advise treating the tank as a whole with all the fish in it as Columnaris isn't very infectious (but the bacteria will be present in the water) and the Molly will be less stressed if its not moved to a new tank (and keeping its stress levels to a minimum will help it recover quicker).

Columnaris is often caused by environmental stress or gets into the fish as a secondary infection to wounds etc, for further reading please check out these 2 links on understanding & getting rid of Columnaris ;

http/www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Columnaris.html

http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/columnaris_disease.php

 

[Flexa]

All 3 of those meds are available where you live then- personally i'd recommend the "anti internal bacteria" by Interpet first, followed by the Myxazin (Myxazin is the strongest med) and lastly the Pimafix- pick one med. I'd also treat the tank with some aquarium salt (will make the interpet medication more effective and be beneficial for the black molly) and switch to Stress Coat dechlorinator for a while when doing water changes .

ok so can you basically suggest which way I do it?

sorry I'm a newb

Well if you go for the Interpet stuff, you will need to dose the tank with it 2-3 times over the course of the week- the med comes with good intructions. Dose the tank as well with the aquarium salt when dosing the interpet (aquarium salt will also come with instructions). I would advise doing about 3 medium sized (30%) partial water changes with the Stress Coat dechlorinator over the course of the week (making sure to top up any lost meds). You may need to medicate the fish into the second week, but all in all if all goes right it should take the fish between 1-3 weeks to recover with the medication, salt, Stress Coat & water changes.
I would advise treating the tank as a whole with all the fish in it as Columnaris isn't very infectious (but the bacteria will be present in the water) and the Molly will be less stressed if its not moved to a new tank (and keeping its stress levels to a minimum will help it recover quicker).

Columnaris is often caused by environmental stress or gets into the fish as a secondary infection to wounds etc, for further reading please check out these 2 links on understanding & getting rid of Columnaris ;

http/www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Columnaris.html

http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/columnaris_disease.php

alright, thank you very much

I'll let you know how it gets along!

Nice Pond by the way, lol

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Right that immediately scream fungal infection to me, simply because it looks pretty nasty and somehow fluffy.
Can you post your water parameters please? that will help diagnose a problem.

Columnaris looks like Fungus but is actually a bacterial infection. Fish Fungus is quite uncommon in the hobby these days while Columnaris is a very common fish disease . The growths on Fish Fungus tend to look a lot fluffier/fiberous/cottony like this;

http/www.directtropicalfish.co.uk/fungus_treatment.php

While columnaris is less fluffy like this (and open sores developing is a common stage in its developement);

http/www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http/www.koiphen.com/forums/attachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D355223%26stc%3D1%26d%3D1272563783&imgrefurl=http/www.koiphen.com/forums/showthread.php%3F111018-Losing-a-few-fish&usg=__-Kvur0LBNcmYmnUN1JsDwOQuOIQ=&h=250&w=380&sz=62&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=9cQE80R5X2rrJM:&tbnh=124&tbnw=189&ei=ax7pTaONJYfXtAbexdiBCQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcolumnaris%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D661%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=124&vpy=298&dur=49&hovh=182&hovw=277&tx=146&ty=103&page=1&ndsp=17&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0&biw=1280&bih=661

alright, thank you very much

I'll let you know how it gets along!

Nice Pond by the way, lol

Thanks and good luck with the fish !