Fish With Mouth Rot Have Been Treated

[Christine1014]

Hi all,

My danios with mouth rot seem to have responded well to the Macryn 1 & 2. As the package instructed, I medicated them for 5 days (and actually left them in the hospital tank for a sixth day). Two of the three look totally normal so I put them back in the big tank. The third, I'm not sure about. The cottony stuff is gone from his mouth and there's no redness left, but it looks like there still might be some loose skin or something. Do you think it's safe to put him back with the rest of the fish, or should I keep in the hospital tank by himself a while longer? (Oh, and before someone says "your hospital tank is a fishbowl?!" no - I just put him in here to get better pics!)

Thanks!!

 

[Nikai]

Personally I'd leave him in the hospital tank a little while longer...just to be safe...maybe 2-3 more days see how is mouth looks then

 

[WILDER]

Leave him in the hospital tank and go In with another round of meds.
Good luck.

 

[Christine1014]

Thanks! Round 2 starts tomorrow!!
(I guess you know you're truly a fish keeper when you spend 10 times the amount on money to save the fish than you did to buy it!)

 

[WILDER]

I know.
But to me I like my fish to have a long and healthy life, to be that's what fish keeping about.
Good luck.

 

[Deathcaller]

I was looking through the forum for some help with my Dragon Goby and found the whole "mouth rot" threads.
My Dragon goby is about 10inches long is possibly 2 years old. She's suddenly come down with loose skin on one side of her lips and tends to float toward the surface. She's spending a lot more time at the surface that she should be. Mostly, she'll let her upped body float, her tail hanging down, and wobble side to side. I'm worried that she'll end up dieing soon and I'd really hate to see such a close pet of mine go. Do I use the same treatment that was used for the fish above, or is there something else?

 

[WILDER]

She dosn't sound good to be honest.
Depends on what country you live in for meds.
is the mouth rotting away.

 

[Deathcaller]

She dosn't sound good to be honest.
Depends on what country you live in for meds.
is the mouth rotting away.

I just got back from work after posting my last one, and she's still remaining near the surface. Most of the dead skin is gone, and yes, if mouth does look to be rotting away. How many days/weeks would I have before she dies? I'm far away from any pet store or walmart and it'll be until Wedensday before I can go back out of town.
Also, I did a quick check-up on my other fish to make sure they didn't have any mouthrot. I see some white at the tip of my needle fish's mouth. I hope he's not getting mouthrot, too.
Oh, and I live in America.

She dosn't sound good to be honest.
Depends on what country you live in for meds.
is the mouth rotting away.

I just got back from work after posting my last one, and she's still remaining near the surface. Most of the dead skin is gone, and yes, if mouth does look to be rotting away. How many days/weeks would I have before she dies? I'm far away from any pet store or walmart and it'll be until Wedensday before I can go back out of town.
Also, I did a quick check-up on my other fish to make sure they didn't have any mouthrot. I see some white at the tip of my needle fish's mouth. I hope he's not getting mouthrot, too.
Oh, and I live in America.

Gah, I took another look in my tank and noticed my smaller Dragon Goby has a white spot on his bottom jaw now. This isn't good...
I have a 10gallon tank that I can use for a med. tank, but at this rate, would it be fine to use the main tank and place the medicine in it?

 

[WILDER]

If the mouth rotting away best to destroy the fish sorry.
The spot on the jaw how big is it, does it have a circling or red around the edges of the spot.

 

[Deathcaller]

If the mouth rotting away best to destroy the fish sorry.
The spot on the jaw how big is it, does it have a circling or red around the edges of the spot.

*sighs* Gelus (the female fish) died yesterday morning... Feb. 4 (just so we don't get mornings wrong). I knew she wasn't going to make it. Too bad the nearest pet store is too far away...
Anywho, there weren't any red spots, spot spread to over her right eye, causing her to go blind there. The skin was pretty much peeling away, showing a brown layer underneath her blue-grey skin. I think she lost all but three of her teeth. There weren't any circles of sort around the edges of the spot either. Very strange.
Well, hopefully I can get some medicine Tuesday. (I'm finally off work and can go out of town without worrying).
Should I use what you used on your fish?

 

[WILDER]

Peeling skin can be columnaris and columnaris can come in a brown colour.
Just want to make sure its not velvet, is the fish flicking and rubbing if not I would treat the fish for columnaris.
Once the mouth start to rot away there nothing to be done that why its best to put the fish out of its misery.
You have a very bad strain of columnaris in your tank.

 

[Deathcaller]

Peeling skin can be columnaris and columnaris can come in a brown colour.
Just want to make sure its not velvet, is the fish flicking and rubbing if not I would treat the fish for columnaris.
Once the mouth start to rot away there nothing to be done that why its best to put the fish out of its misery.
You have a very bad strain of columnaris in your tank.

I'm not a noob at this aquarium thing, but i never really got around to the whole technical stuff. So... columnaris... What might that be? Something similar to pH, etc?
I can't say that she as flicking and rubbing. She ran into things like she always did; that's mostly why I think the early stage of the infection was just a bump wound.

 

[WILDER]

R.I.P. bless her.
Columnaris is a bacterial infection it has many disguises.
It can come in colours of white, greyish white, yellow and brown.
It can appear thread like around the mouth, or fluffy growth on the mouth, or the mouth just looks bleached out, or the mouth rots away.
Saddle back columnaris goes along the back of the fish and comes down the sides of the fish to form a saddle shape.
Fluffy patches on the fish body and fins is columnaris.
Bleached out greyish white marks on fish can be columnaris,also peeling skin and fins rotting away.
Columnaris spots are a greysih white colour with a tinging of red on the outside of the spot.

If is was a bump that can be bacterial to tumours.

 

[Deathcaller]

R.I.P. bless her.
Columnaris is a bacterial infection it has many disguises.
It can come in colours of white, greyish white, yellow and brown.
It can appear thread like around the mouth, or fluffy growth on the mouth, or the mouth just looks bleached out, or the mouth rots away.
Saddle back columnaris goes along the back of the fish and comes down the sides of the fish to form a saddle shape.
Fluffy patches on the fish body and fins is columnaris.
Bleached out greyish white marks on fish can be columnaris,also peeling skin and fins rotting away.
Columnaris spots are a greysih white colour with a tinging of red on the outside of the spot.

If is was a bump that can be bacterial to tumours.

Aye, Bless her sweety little heart...
According to your descriptions of the infection, I'd say that just about hits the nail on the head. I can't say there were any red areas, though. Here's my description of how it looked by the time she had died:
It started at the lips and gradually peeled top layer of skin off in a white color, revealing a brown underskin (especially on the top of the head). If anything, it was like a feverblister that ate away around her face.
Now, since she's dead, I don't find much a use to identify exactly what was going on. I'll describe what's going on with my other infected fish.
Swoop, my needlefish, seems to have gotten the infection on his bottom jaw. The tip of that jaw has swollen to a pale heart-shape. I think there is a small pinkish spot near the middle.
My baby Dragon Goby, Zuzu, looked as if he started to get the columnaris as well, but it seems to have disappeared, so that's good.
Now, before we go on. I went to my nearest store that had fish supplies (VERY limited fish supplies), and found Wardley's Ick Away. I read the directions and things that it was used for. They seemed to match, so I bought it. I've put a small amount (about a teaspoon) into my 29 gallon tank and left the filter on just in case the medicine would be too strong for the fish. The directions said about 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons.
No fish have died from it and it's been well over 7 hours since I put the medicine in.

I thank you so much for your help. You're far too kind.

 

[dzsigmond217]

Can you treat columnaris with Ich away?
I thought Ich was a totally different disease..?