Black Widow (help Needed Asap)

[bex1]

hey everyone

one of my black widows has a big funny black mark around one of its fins and it looks a bit swollen, i moved the fish into a hosp tank (15ltr hexagon tank with fake plants) and left it there for a day or 2 to see if it would heal itself, but now it has a cotton woolth growth on the black area! anyone got any ideas what it is? its not really like an ulcer more like a hole.

thanks x x x

 

[DarkEntity]

hey everyone

one of my black widows has a big funny black mark around one of its fins and it looks a bit swollen, i moved the fish into a hosp tank (15ltr hexagon tank with fake plants) and left it there for a day or 2 to see if it would heal itself, but now it has a cotton woolth growth on the black area! anyone got any ideas what it is? its not really like an ulcer more like a hole.

thanks x x x

cotton wool is a fungal infection. Do some research, it will help in the future to diagnose problems with other fish.

 

[WILDER]

Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate, and ph.
Your fish has a bad bacterial infection.

Need to look at your water stats as black patches can be ammonia burns that are healing.

http/www.nationalfishpharm.com/articles.html

 

[DarkEntity]

cotton wool generally indicates fungas though

 

[WILDER]

Still all bacterial, the med for the hole in the side it bacterial.

 

[bex1]

hey,
its only the one black widow thats affected, all other fish are fine.
ive moved it into a 15ltr tank on its own, the stats are all fine
ammonia - 0
nitrite- 0
nitrate 10
what med would you sugessed?
also this is quite an old fish, so could this disease be due to its old age?
thanks x x

 

[WILDER]

Don't know, but if he's really old his immune system could be shutting down.
Don't no location for a med, and with that hole really need an antibiotic.
If in the uk myxazin and pimafix.

 

[bex1]

hi , yep im in uk, i'll buy these meds tomorrow and try to see if they help.
thanks for your help
xxx

 

[WILDER]

Good luck bex.
But I wouldnt expect to much the bacterial infections are mounting up, and uk meds are not that strong.
Once they advance need stronger meds.