Tsarmina Posted June 17, 2006 Report Share Posted June 17, 2006 one of my guppy girls has furry white stuff protruding from one of her gills. it's causing her great troubles with breathing. it looks like it may be in her mouth as well. she has been removed from the tank. What is it?? how do i treat it Tank: +/- 200 guppies 2 BN's 2 peppered cories plants driftwood current temp 24oC did a test last week ph 7.0 ammonia .5 nitrite 0 - 0.25 nitrate 10 i have a bottle of Tonic which says it treats mouth fungus. dosage is 1ml per 20L. is this safe for all of the fish in this tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted June 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 just lost her here is a rather poor pic. had to use cellphone cause camera isn't working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 have you looked into columanaris (sp)? im not too up no it but its known as 'cotton mouth' disease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted June 18, 2006 Report Share Posted June 18, 2006 Tsmarina, sorry about your fishy When did the white first appear, killed her really fast didn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted June 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 hi, i only noticed it at about 11am. she was sitting in a corner at the top. took her out real quick (about 30mins before i posted the pic) as she couldn't breathe. her mouth was continuously open. she couldn't close it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted June 19, 2006 Report Share Posted June 19, 2006 Were you able to determine what the "white" was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpidersWeb Posted June 20, 2006 Report Share Posted June 20, 2006 ph 7.0 ammonia .5 nitrite 0 - 0.25 nitrate 10 If your test kit is able to detect ammonia, it is considered lethal to fish. I'd recommend re-testing, and if there is ammonia a 50% water change might be in order and consideration of how the ammonia built up. If the tank has only been running for a short period, then that explains it, still want to reduce that to 0 though. Hope I've helped in some way, and sorry about your fish This page: http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/fish_diseas ... rders.html suggested it was a 'Saproglenia fungal infection' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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