Neon Tetra, Fungal Or Something Else

[gibo122]

Two of my tetra's have a big white spot on their tail, its red color has completely faded were the white patch is, the fish seem to be swimming about and still shoal with the other fish happily.

It looks sort of like an ulcer of some sort, but im a bit in the dark when it comes to fish health care. I was told it could be some sort of fungal infection?

Any help would be much appreciated

 

[iffles]

i cant tell what it is from the description. can you copy and paste this and fill it in? (its from the read before posting in tropical fish emergenies pinned topic):


Tank size:
pH:
ammonia:
nitrite:
nitrate:
kH:
gH:
tank temp:

Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior):

Volume and Frequency of water changes:

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank:

Tank inhabitants:

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration):

Exposure to chemicals:

Digital photo (include if possible):

 

[gibo122]

Ill try my best, as its my girl friends fish tank and she’s the fish expert, so im finding out for her as she aint got internet at the moment. so you will have to bare with me im afraid (I just like watching them, clown loach makes me laugh, are they all that crazy?)

The tanks been set up for nearly 10months now, its fully planted out with amazon sword plants, java fern and another really bushy plant but dont no its name sorry.

Tank size: 65ltr
pH:
ammonia: 0
nitrite: she just did a water change so will be low i suspect
nitrate: same as above
kH:
gH:
tank temp: 25c

Fish Symptoms: fish has big white ulcer or soar thing on its tale, hard to explain its on the photo.

Volume and Frequency of water changes: Once every 7-10days

Chemical Additives or Media in your tank: water fizz pump, 2 decorations one wooden log and wooden barrell (obviously not real wood)

Tank inhabitants: 5neon tetra, 2 cardinal tetra, 4glowlight tetra, 2 mollies, 1clown loach, 2 albino corys and 2guppies female.

Recent additions to your tank (living or decoration): none

Exposure to chemicals: none

 

[WILDER]

Tanks overstocked.

I would tell her to take the clown loach back to the lfs as the tanks way to small. They need 90 gallon tanks.
Also they shouldn't be kept in less than a group of 3.

Take a sample of your water to the lfs and ask them to write the readings down for you.

Bleached out red stripe can be due to bad water quality, stress, neon tetra desease. But it sounds like the fading of the red stripe area might be due to bad water quality.

The spots on the tail I had a black neon with the samething, but I couldn't cure it.
Is the spot raised.
Does the spot look like its filled with fluid.
Any red or pink areas to the spot.
Does the spot resemble a cauliflower.

For now water change and increase aeration in the tank.

 

[gibo122]

Yea she’s getting something arranged for the clown loach, taking it to a local tropical fish store near us that specializes in taking larger fish. Also the Guppies, she is giving to a friend that has 1 to be very lucky male guppie

It’s a little annoying because when she first got the tank no one told her anything about the size and how quickly the clown loaches grow. Beginner’s mistakes I presume

Yea the white spot is raised on both tetra. Don’t want it giving it to the other fish if it’s contagious so to speak, you think we should isolate the two that have these symptoms?

 

[GuppyGoddess]

Yea she’s getting something arranged for the clown loach, taking it to a local tropical fish store near us that specializes in taking larger fish. Also the Guppies, she is giving to a friend that has 1 to be very lucky male guppie

It’s a little annoying because when she first got the tank no one told her anything about the size and how quickly the clown loaches grow. Beginner’s mistakes I presume

Yea the white spot is raised on both tetra. Don’t want it giving it to the other fish if it’s contagious so to speak, you think we should isolate the two that have these symptoms?

Quarantine the two fish, but chances are you'll have to treat the entire tank and the fish. IMO, it's not right (ethical) to be giving potentially sick fish to other people.

Wilder will have the answers though. . .

 

[WILDER]

Keep a look out for ntd signs.

I would issolate and use a bacterial med. If you can't issolate add the med to the whole tank.
You will need a bacterial med.