Sick Minnow

[Marco84]

He has white, not wolly, over his gills for a few days now, tonight I noticed his mouth is always wide open. Is there any treatment or should I put him out of his misery?

 

[WILDER]

Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

If there no parasite symtoms like darting, erratic swimming, laboured breathing, gasping, excess slime, flicking and rubbing. I would take the bacterial route.

 

[Marco84]

Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.

If there no parasite symtoms like darting, erratic swimming, laboured breathing, gasping, excess slime, flicking and rubbing. I would take the bacterial route.

180 litres
about 50 community fish
ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nirate 40, ph 7.6

his mouth is always wide open, whiteish colour around its gills and at the top gasping most of the time. Is it treatable? Treatments I got are Interpet general tonic, anti white and anti internal bacteria

 

[WILDER]

What's the make of the test kit you are using.
What type of fish do you have in the tank as 50 fish is alot.

Take a look here to see if anything matches up.
http/www.fishyfarmacy.com/fish_diseases/gill_disorders.html

 

[Marco84]

What's the make of the test kit you are using.
What type of fish do you have in the tank as 50 fish is alot.

Take a look here to see if anything matches up.
http/www.fishyfarmacy.com/fish_diseases/gill_disorders.html

API test kit.
Guppies, Endlers, Tetras, Minnows and cories

 

[WILDER]

Do the gills also look red and inflamed.

Myxazin by waterlife uk.
United States. Maracyn.

 

[Marco84]

Do the gills also look red and inflamed.

Myxazin by waterlife uk.
United States. Maracyn.

The gills are white and inflamed

 

[WILDER]

Ok.
Inflamed gills can be due to bad water quality, bacterial gillrot, gill flukes.

I would treat the fish with a bacterial med. if no signs of flicking and rubbing.