Please Help,1st Fish Illness Ive Had! Fungus Maybe?

[mark1979]

hey guys

1 of my panda corys has a fluffy white thing on its side fin,in my book i have, i think it may be fungus!!!

how can i treat the fish? what meds do i need? is the poor cory going to pull through?

can it spread?

what causes this?

my water is:

ph - 7.2
amm - 0
nitrite - 0
nitrate - 5.0
125L tank,405 external and at 25 degrees!!

i have 2 gold rams,3 bleeding hearts,5 pristella tetra's and 2 more panda corys!! the rams are the newest additions,1 week ago!!

ive been doin 50% water changes on my old 260L vicenza tank,this 125L roma tank is just being used until i get my rio 400. i havent done a water change on it yet,due tomoz!!

many thanks

mark

 

[mark1979]

im pretty concerned about this!!

can whatever it is infect my whole tank?

please advise,as i am going to my lfs as soon as it opens in the morning

 

[WILDER]

Does it look like s strand of cotton.
Sounds like flexibactor columnaris.
In the uk myxazin by waterlife and pimafix.
Yes it can infect other fish.
Here a link to columnaris.
http/www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm
Columnaris is bacterial.

 

[mark1979]

no,doesnt look like a strand of cotton,it looks like a white fluffy thing,with lots of realy fine bits coming off it!!

it looks like what a bit of food looks like if left in the tank for a while,but white!!

sould i seperate the fish,or treat the whole tank?

 

[twohuskies]

im pretty concerned about this!!

can whatever it is infect my whole tank?

please advise,as i am going to my lfs as soon as it opens in the morning

It sounds like a fungus. Not sure what meds are available in the UK, but here in the US, I would use "Jungle Fungus Clear". Just ask your LFS for something to treat a fungus.

And yes, it can spread to your entire tank. So, you'll probably need to treat the entire tank, unfortunately.

If you can post a pic, we can probably offer more help. But, from your description, I'm thinking fungus.

Good luck, and keep us posted!

 

[WILDER]

is it possible to load a pic up.
Just want to make sure the white strands don't have Y shaped tails.
Any green in the fluffy patch.
I would add some pimafix for now.

 

[mark1979]

i have took some piccys,but i cant get zoomed in close enough to the problem part,you can just see it on his side fin!!

i have added a dose of interpet no 8,was this a good move? i had to make a choice as he seemed to be getting worse

 

[WILDER]

I can't make much out when I enlarge the pic.

Read this to see what you think.

[URL="http/www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/fungus.htm"]http/www.fishdoc.co.uk/disease/fungus.htm[/URL]

 

[mark1979]

doesnt look like that!!

its looks like a bit of fluffy cotton wool,with quite a few very fine strands coming from it!! no green in it

he hasnt moved all day,im a tad worried about him

 

[WILDER]

Any improvemt since adding the med.
The interpet anti finrot and fungus med not very good.

Give it a few more days with the med and if no improvement get back to the board.

 

[WILDER]

Asked colin t to take a look aswell.
It sounds like columnaris but the spike bits are throwing me.

 

[mark1979]

nope the little guy is just lying there!! hidden away,all my little corys are always full of life,its weird to see 1 like this!!

great!! my lfs recommended it,and said it was realy good!! i had to go with what they said i had no clue

 

[WILDER]

Corys are very prone to bacterial infections.
Does the patch form a saddle shape.

 

[mark1979]

not realy,its just covered his whole fin in this white fluffy stuff.

 

[WILDER]

Columnaris starts at the dorsal fin and then goes along the back of the fish, and then down the sides of a fish to form a saddle shape. Its called saddeback columnaris.

Wait for colin reply to see what he thinks. He usually replys.