Manniac
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I just can't catch a break here... If it's not one fish it's another...
Anyway, I noticed last night that my rosy barb has a patch on him that looked kind of fuzzy, but it was really faint and hard to see. This afternoon, I looked again, and it seemed slightly more visible. It's kind of white and fuzzyish, and I can see a tiny bit floating as if it's a layer of skin peeling off or something. Does this seem like fungus to you?
Normally I would jump on treating the fungus, but I have a few complicating factors that I don't know how to handle. First, I'm leaving for spring break on Friday, and won't be around to treat the tank. However, I'm bringing a 5 gallon home with me so that my fry don't starve... Also, I have an oto in the tank, which I am pretty sure counts as scaleless, and the meds I have on me aren't safe for scaleless (if I really need to I can head out to get some gentler ones though...)
Should I be worried? Because I am. Also, what do you recommend for treatment? Should I take him home with me and treat him in the 5 gallon? Or should I hunt for someone staying in the dorms to treat my tank?
10 gallon
2 platies, 1 balloon molly, 1 rosy barb, 1 otocinclus, and 5 platy fry (that shall likely be rehomed once they're bigger)
I did just lose a platy the other day, but she didn't seem like she had any signs of fungus. I'm assuming it was complications after she dropped her fry, or that it was an infection of some kind that caused her to drop that she then succumbed to herself, but I could easily be wrong...
Anyway, I noticed last night that my rosy barb has a patch on him that looked kind of fuzzy, but it was really faint and hard to see. This afternoon, I looked again, and it seemed slightly more visible. It's kind of white and fuzzyish, and I can see a tiny bit floating as if it's a layer of skin peeling off or something. Does this seem like fungus to you?
Normally I would jump on treating the fungus, but I have a few complicating factors that I don't know how to handle. First, I'm leaving for spring break on Friday, and won't be around to treat the tank. However, I'm bringing a 5 gallon home with me so that my fry don't starve... Also, I have an oto in the tank, which I am pretty sure counts as scaleless, and the meds I have on me aren't safe for scaleless (if I really need to I can head out to get some gentler ones though...)
Should I be worried? Because I am. Also, what do you recommend for treatment? Should I take him home with me and treat him in the 5 gallon? Or should I hunt for someone staying in the dorms to treat my tank?
10 gallon
2 platies, 1 balloon molly, 1 rosy barb, 1 otocinclus, and 5 platy fry (that shall likely be rehomed once they're bigger)
I did just lose a platy the other day, but she didn't seem like she had any signs of fungus. I'm assuming it was complications after she dropped her fry, or that it was an infection of some kind that caused her to drop that she then succumbed to herself, but I could easily be wrong...
