He looks like he is wearing a white mask, as though his whole face is about to peel off. The rest of him looks fine and he is behaving normally. Another cherry barb died recently but didnt have the same symptoms.
No other fish have been introduced into the tank recently but due to the heatwave it has been difficult to control the temperature and one day it got to 30 degrees (usually 26!). I havent quarantined him as his behaviour is ok and I'm wondering could it just be old age (he is over 2 years old)?
2006-08-10 01:49:30 · 9 answers · asked by Stacy R 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Definitely Isolate him, though just to be safe to give the tank a "Blue Cure"ask your aquarium shop the best product they have" so they don,t get any after infections. Give the barb a good dose, after water clears refill with your tanks water so he is in his natural bacteria growth keep him in isolation for a couple of weeks and if he doesn't pick up, put him in a small container of water and freeze him - its quicker than poisoning him in the sewers
2006-08-10 04:27:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 21:44:40 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like your fish has a fungal infection, a fungal infections looks like cotton wool growths, you can geta treatment for it from a good petshop which you just add to the tank. it is contagous and anyother fish in the tank can also catch it, Also i would check your water conditions and make sure they are good.
2006-08-11 01:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by zw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like he's got a fungus going on. You need to treat it with some type of fish medicine. Go to Petsmart and see if you can talk to someone on what to do.
2006-08-13 20:54:33 · answer #4 · answered by Nikki 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
either a fungus or bacteria impossible to know without seeing the fish. best bet is to either isolate him so other fish dont get infected or kill him. methylene blue may help.
2006-08-10 02:07:16 · answer #5 · answered by onapizzadiet 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
halfway through reading your question i was still just trying to work out what the hell a cherry barb is!!
now i know and its obvious that i dont have a clue bout how to help you, sorry!
2006-08-10 02:06:04 · answer #6 · answered by DEMON 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds like your fish has a fungus. Isolate him from the others.
2006-08-10 03:26:49 · answer #7 · answered by ruthie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what both of them?
2006-08-13 19:04:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
show me your cherry and i'll tell you!!!
2006-08-10 01:56:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋