White Fungus On Neon Tetra

[missgingersnap]

I have a neon that i put into QT last night. He has a couple of pieces of fungus on his side. I treated with jungle fungus clear. Can I use melafix along with it? He was hiding most of the day but has come out now and is swimming around and playing in the bubbles from the airstone. Maybe he's itching himself? If anyone has any other tips on what i can do to help him that would be great. Thanks.

 

[moritzbuesch]

I have a neon that i put into QT last night. He has a couple of pieces of fungus on his side. I treated with jungle fungus clear. Can I use melafix along with it? He was hiding most of the day but has come out now and is swimming around and playing in the bubbles from the airstone. Maybe he's itching himself? If anyone has any other tips on what i can do to help him that would be great. Thanks.

Yes I would do a 25% water change and add the recommended dose of Melafix, or sometimes I put 1 1/2 times the recommended dose as there is little danger putting in a little more.

I think the water quality is the key here.
good luck,
Mo

 

[Truck]

melafix wont treat it it creates more of a barrier to stop bacteria entering.

i would dose an anti bacterial treatment for fungus, and keep up with water changes

 

[missgingersnap]

I did treat with the fungus clear but it says not to change the water for 5 days. There is no ammonia or nitrites in the water. If any turns up I'll do a water change but that will take out the medication won't it?

 

[WILDER]

You need a bacterial med. Melafix is only good on cuts and wounds.

 

[moritzbuesch]

Then instead of Melafix use Pimafix which is better for fungus... in the past Melafix has helped my white spot and fungus problems.
Either way good luck.
Moritz

 

[missgingersnap]

Thanks guys but the little guy didn't make it. Another one died after him and I noticed little white specs on some of the others so I'm sure this is an ick outbreak. I turned up the temp. and plan on doing lots of vacmuming and water changes.

 

[WILDER]

R.I.P.
Any signs of flicking and rubbing.

 

[missgingersnap]

Thanks wilder. The neons aren't really flicking or rubbing but a couple of my remaining guppies are. I can't see any white spots on them though. I might do a medicated ick treatment but the one I have stains everything blue so I'm going to monitor them and see how it goes before I use medicine. I keep reading you can treat ick with high temp. and water changes/vacuming.

 

[WILDER]

Need to take a closer look at things.
Size of tank in gallons or litres.
How many fish and which type.
Water stats in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph, temp.

Whitespot will look like a fish has been sprinkled in salt.
Is it possible to load a pic up of the sick fish.

 

[missgingersnap]

48 gallon tall
2 angels, 4 albino cory cats, 2 fancy guppies, 7 neons, 1 bristlenose pleco
ammonia 0
nitrites 0
nitrates between 10-20
ph 7.8, my tapwater is high too. I just put in a piece of wood for my pleco so maybe that'll help a bit.
temp normally 80ish but turned up to 85 to fight ick

I doubt you could see the speckles on the neons in a pic. They definitely have ick but only a couple of specks on a few of them. I caught it before it got bad. I did a vacume and water change today...about 40-50%. There are no visible signs on the guppies or anyone else but one guppy rubs up against things sometimes....usually vegies that I put in. Weird. I've heard that people have killed ick with raising temps and salt. I haven't put in salt because of the cories and pleco. I read they can't tolerate salt. So...what do you think?

 

[WILDER]

I wouldn't add the salt with the corys and plec.
Have you added a med.

 

[missgingersnap]

No meds yet. I want to try to clear it up without meds if I can. They haven't gotten any worse and I'm watching them carefully to see if the specks do get worse or are getting better.

 

[WILDER]

Whitespot can be a fast killer once it effects the gills.

 

[missgingersnap]

That means you think I should medicate?