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I've noticed a small white fungus on my RTBS. it's in the "nose" area. I'm guessing it's just regular body fungus. He's in a 90 gallon community/planted tank.

Stocking:
7 upside-down catfish
6 congo tetras
1 BN pleco
2 Angels
1 German Ram
1 RTBS
1 Black ghost knife
2 zebra danios (I could never catch them, lol)

What is a good medication to treat him with? Would Melafix work and not have any detrimental effects on my other fish?

As another side note, I also noticed some grayish scales on my BGK. Is this just a loss of scales from fighting, or could it be something more dangerous? I've noticed my BN and him fighting over space... I plan to replace the BN with a farowella.

TIA,
fishnewb

Last edited by fishnewbie at 04-Sep-2005 21:31

fishnewbie,

I am not an expert on disease, but I would like to add one thought:

White fungus on the nose (mouth area) is not allways just a fungus. It could be what is called "cotton mouth" or "mouth fungus", real name is Columnaris, which is actually a bacterial infection.

Here is [link=A Link]http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/columnaris.htm" style="COLOR: #ff6633[/link] that gives you more details on it.

I would isolate the fish until you know for sure what he/she has.

Ingo

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Thanks for the reply Little_Fish.

Yeah I guess I can move my betta to a spare 2 gallon that I have and then move the RTBS into the 5 gallon.

So far the "fungus" does not appear to be spreading at all. Hopefully it isn't anything more!

Thanks for your help,
-fishnewb


Last edited by fishnewbie at 05-Sep-2005 10:33

If it really is columnaris, then that shouldn't be a big problem. Many of the Corydoras I have bought (all from the same store) either have columnaris when I buy them or get it immediately after, and all of the fish have been rid of the disease. Good food, clean water, and time all contribute to a quick recovery. Most of the fish stopped showing signs of columnaris after a week.

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Try PIMAfix, much better than melafix for anything fungus like.

Got some PIMAfix.

Just wondering - will it have any effect on the biological filtration?

I know most meds do, but it's natural made... Like melafix.

i think melaifx would work and if u think that is or would be to strong for some of your fish then use pimafix they are both great meds.

Pimafix and melafix have no effect on biological filtration that I have ever seen. They are more effective when used in combination. Pimafix is better for things like fungus, it is more aggressive toward an actual infection. Melafix is an antiseptic basically, speeds healing and prevents infection before it happens.