Newbie With Possible Fungal Infection

[bluebelle09]

Hello all

My Dad has purchased an aquarium recently followed all the instructions for setting a new tank and so far everything is fine. On Saturday he purchased 3 Molly's to start with to see how things go.

 

[bluebelle09]

Hello all

My Dad has purchased an aquarium recently followed all the instructions for setting a new tank and so far everything is fine. On Saturday he purchased 3 Molly's to start with to see how things go.

Today we noticed that one of them has something white on it's bottom lip, the fish seems to be staying close to the bottom of the tank and is not interested in food.

We have looked in the Haynes aquarium manual that I brought him and the closest thing it looks like it Cotton Wool Disease. I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice.

 

[erk628]

Is your tank cycled? How long has it been set up? What are your water readings? What size tank is it?

 

[bluebelle09]

Is your tank cycled? How long has it been set up? What are your water readings? What size tank is it?

The water has been in for 10 days as he was told at the pet store, treated with the apropriate liquids to sort out the PH levels. Dad does not have a PH Tester Kit so is obviously not cycling. I am not sure of the tank size would have to check. I do have a couple of photo's of the fish but not sure how to upload them on to the forum.

 

[erk628]

Read this to learn how to post a picture.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/

And read this to learn how to cycle a tank.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/


As far as the fish goes I dont really know much about the different diseases. You might want to post something about that in the emergency section along with a picture.

 

[bluebelle09]

Read this to learn how to post a picture.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/

And read this to learn how to cycle a tank.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/


As far as the fish goes I dont really know much about the different diseases. You might want to post something about that in the emergency section along with a picture.

Thank you for your help

 

[erk628]

Read this to learn how to post a picture.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/

And read this to learn how to cycle a tank.

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/277264-beginners-resource-center/


As far as the fish goes I dont really know much about the different diseases. You might want to post something about that in the emergency section along with a picture.

Thank you for your help

NP I gave you the wrong link for the how to post a picture. Here is the correct link


http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/143087-a-newbies-guide-to-tff/

 

[OldMan47]

Welcome to the forum bluebelle09.
With new fish in a new tank for a few days, you are almost certainly facing bad water conditions in the tank. By setting up the tank and waiting 10 days, you have let the temperature of the water settle out and have removed much of the dusty stuff that you get with new gravel. You have done nothing by those actions to get the tank and filter ready for fish. You have received the typical fish shop advice and now own fish that will need lots of help from you to survive the filter cycling. When fish pass water through their gills, they don't just put CO2 into the water, they also release some ammonia into the water. Although the amounts are small, a mere 0.25ppm of ammonia is toxic to fish. That means that after a few days, the fish are swimming in water that is toxic to them. The cure is simple, you do a large water change and knock down the ammonia levels in the tank. If you monitor the ammonia and keep on top of the water changes, the fish will stay healthy and the bacteria that convert ammonia to nitrite will grow in your filter. Unfortunately nitrite is also toxic, in about the same concentration, for your fish so now you are testing both ammonia and nitrite and doing water changes if either one gets too high. The next thing that happens is more bacteria start to grow in the filter that can turn nitrites into nitrates. Nitrates are not nearly as toxic to fish. When you have enough ammonia processing bacteria and nitrite processing bacteria that the tank water readings for both chemicals show zeros, we say the tank has cycled.
You are now at the beginning of a fish-in cycle. To do well and have the fish do well, you need to read up on the fish-in cycle and follow the instructions. There is a link to the fish-in cycle in my signature area if you want to just follow it. You will require a decent liquid type test kit to navigate through a typical fish-in cycle with some confidence. The one we often see people use is the API master freshwater test kit. It contains everything you will need for testing the water in a typical fish-in cycle and is fairly easy to use. The on-line price is often better than you will find locally for that same kit.

 

[waterdrop]

Yes, welcome to the forum from me too bluebelle09!

Agree with OM47, you are at the beginning of a fish-in cycling situation.

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