What's Wrong With My Fish? Pics Included.

[adpgt]

This fish's face is looking weird. Almost like a coating of some sort has developed over his eye and mouth. What could it be?

I have two of these same fish and the only one of them has these symptoms.

 

[scotty]

what is your water stats?

 

[adpgt]

Nitrates were at 200 before as I didn't know that I was suppose to do water changes but they are now normal at around 50.

Ammonia and NItrite are on par.

 

[Dazzer87]

200

, 50 is still high, unless you have a lot of plants I would keep the nitrates bellow 20. Your water is too dirty and your fish are living in their own waste so that is why its doesn't look so good.

 

[DrSlackBladder]

Target nitrates below 20ppm with water changes using temperature matched dechlorinated water. When you say on par, do you mean ammonia and nitrite at zero consistently?

 

[adpgt]

Yes, nitrites and amonia were 0.

I just want to make sure that this fish doesn't have a disease that the other fish can get.

 

[DrSlackBladder]

Are those fish genetically modified for colour? I'd go with big water changes to get nitrate below 20ppm, and keep it below 20ppm, give it a week and see if it improves.

 

[adpgt]

No, the fish are white. Nitrates are now at 30ppm. Do you think that the fish will actually get better or is this permanent.

 

[xXKratosXx]

Did the fshes face start looking like that before the large water chagne or after you dropped the nitrates?

 

[MBOU]

It looks like a bacterial infection to me

 

[adpgt]

Can it spread to the other fish?

 

[MBOU]

Yes! I would certainly be medicating the tank...

 

[adpgt]

What can I buy and does this infection have a certain name?

 

[MBOU]

Hard to tell without knowing which country you are in

If in the UK, I would use Myxazin made by Waterlife, its pretty easy to get hold of and fairly broad spectrum.

Couldnt tell you what strain of bacteria it is...

 

[adpgt]

I'm in the U.S.A.