Im A Begginer My Fish Tail Is Red

[danipsp]

ok
my tank is about 1 0r 2 gallorns i have two mollies one black and one silver(white)
my fish white mollie's tail is red here is a picture.

please help me im a begginer

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

hmm seems alittle small for mollies...do you have aeration in the water? it could have been caused by something bitting him or also maybe some kind of parasite. is the red in the inside of its body or is it on its scales?

 

[fishdawg]

1-2 gallons is small for mollies... anywase it could be parasites also.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

personally id pick up either a 5gallon or 10gallon tank (both are about 15 dollars not including the hood or anything) along with some parasite meds. cycle the 5 or 10 gallon tank and once the red has gone from the fish put them in the new 5 or 10 gallon tank and use the 1 or 2 gallon for a betta.

 

[fishdawg]

discuslova u have a prob with rummy nose tetras dont you. your sig sais that 3 have died.. have u tried not naming them srips,maby its a jinx.

srry bad spelling

 

[WILDER]

The tank is way to small for mollies they are big fish as they grow and are active and shouldn't be kept in nothing less than a 10gal.
Water stats would be good in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate, and ph.
The red on the tail is septicemia and once is has progressed hard to cure, sorry.

http/www.fishtanksandponds.info/care-mai...septicaemia.htm

 

[danipsp]

i didnt know what it was but it was internal
i put the fish in a diffrent tank for 2 days
i put a lot of salt and i gave it a similar antibiotics like Minocycline
but for humans
it startred getting less red
then i put it back in the regular aquarium and
heremis the picture

looks like better than ever

 

[WILDER]

It was septicemia if you catch it fast you can cure it with antibiotics.
Glad the fish is back to normal.
Mollies grow big and need no less than a 10gal tank.