hi i have a female adult mollie and its got red around it mouth???

Question

is it a deiseas
what should i go about plz help asap!!

Answer 1

Red Pest is called such because of bloody streaks that appear on the body, fins and/or tail. These streaks could proceed to ulcerations and possibly lead to fin and tail rot with, in severe cases, the tail and/or fins falling off. As the disease is internal, external treatments are usually not effective, except in very slight cases. In slight cases, treat the aquarium with a disinfectant and clean the aquarium as best as possible. Do not feed a lot while the aquarium is being treated. To disinfect, use acriflavine (trypaflavine) or monacrin (monoaminoacridine) using a 0.2% solution at the rate of 1 ml per liter. Both disinfectants will color the water, but the color disappears as the disinfectants dissipates. If the fish do not appear to respond favorably, discontinue disinfections.
Then add an antibiotic to the food. With flake food, use about 1% of antibiotic and carefully mix it in. If you keep the fish hungry they should eagerly eat the mixture before the antibiotic dissipates. Antibiotics usually come in 250 mg capsules. If added to 25 grams of flake food, one capsule should be enough to treat dozens of fish. A good antibiotic is chloromycetin (chloramphenicol). Or use tetracycline. If you feed your fish frozen foods or chopped foods, try to use the same ratio with mixing. As a last resort add at most 10 mg per liter of water.

Answer 2

It could be a disease, but is more likely damage. Without seeing the problem and the tank, it would be hard to know for sure. If redness around it's mouth is the only thing you see wrong and the fish is eating, then odds are you have nothing really to worry about and it will heal all on it's own. Some will tell you to go buy a ton of chemicals and medicines to toss in the tank, but without an indication of a disease, that's very poor fish management.

I would say though that you need to watch very carefully for fungus in the damaged area. This willshow up as a white to yellowish white cottony looking growth. If you see this you will need to medicate as soon as possible. Any decent aquarium store can provide you with a good fungus medication and just follow the directions on the bottle. Fungus is very treatable when caught early and your fish would be fine after a short treatment.

Best of luck!