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bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	my friend's dad has a 20 gallon for his work area. he has a few mollys that have (from what he told me) a fungus problem. for right now until he goes and gets med, i told him to raise the temp and add some aquarium salt. is this right for now.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Cichlid Keeper Big Fish Posts: 368 Kudos: 466 Votes: 304 Registered: 17-Aug-2003	Yes you were right in telling them to add the aquarium salt.But, You also need to explain to them that fungus usually only effects fish that are stressed out and have a weak immune system or possibly injured, So in the future they need to try to make sure their doing at least bi weekly water changes of at least 20% in order to keep the water in the fishes living environment clean and healthy in order for their immune systems to stay strong so their not suseptible to disease like fungus.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
kitty163 Fish Addict Posts: 816 Kudos: 1032 Votes: 0 Registered: 22-Aug-2003	Also can you get test results in ammonia,nitrite,nitrate,and ph, where is the fungus and does it look fluffy in appearance.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36


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