My Oscar has these tiny white shiny spots all over his mouth and fins! HELP! Im leaving soon and i need to fix

Answer 1

Maybe ich. Ich is raised cysts...

Treatment of Freshwater Ich, Ichthyophthirius.
It is believed that ich is present in all aquariums. Fish that have the disease exhibit small white dots about this size of a grain of salt. It is

very contagious and it is fatal.
The best protection is a healthy tank with water changes done weekly or every other week with a gravel vac in the amount of 20-25% of the

tank volume. Ich thrives in temperatures between 55-70°, making gold fish extremely vulnerable. Heating a tank to 72-73° is not too warm

for gold fish and the susceptibility to ich will be dramatically reduced. A sound practice in fish keeping is to keep new fish in quarantine 4-7

days before adding them to your tank. The stress from being shipped from the wholesaler to the retailer, the stress of living in the retailers

tanks which may be overcrowded and poorly maintained and the stress of being bagged up and taken to your home can weaken a fish and

make it most vulnerable to ich and other ailments. Rather than introduce a sick fish to your aquarium, it is better to quarantine it until you

know it is healthy.

When sound fish keeping practices are not enough, fortunately ich is also very easy to cure. Freshwater ich should not be confused with

marine ich, Cryptocaryon irritans. Salt will weaken freshwater ich, obviously marine ich, being in salt water already, this is obviously not the

same treatment.

First step:
20-25% water change with gravel vac. Most likely your poor water conditions contributed to the outbreak of ich.
Second step:
Raise temperature (no more than 1° per hour) to 85°.
Third step:
Add aquarium salt (not table salt) in the amount of one rounded tablespoon per 5 gallons. If you have scaleless fish such as loaches,

catfish and "algae eaters", reduce that to one rounded teaspoon per 5 gallons, as they don't tolerate salt well.
http://www.aquariumpharm.com/en_us/productCategory.asp?categoryname=WaterConditioners
Fourth step:
After 24 hours, a second 20-25% water change. Add more salt. If you took 5 gallons out in the change, put another rounded tablespoon in.
Adjust for your situation.
Fifth step:
Wait 24 hours.
Sixth Step:
A third water change of 20-25% and replace salt removed.

If this does not cure the fish, and no signs of improvement show up yet, you may want to use a commercial ich curative, all of which require

removal of the carbon from your filter, or the carbon will filter out the medication. You can continue with the cleaning process and maintain

salt levels. Brackish water fish such as mollies need to have some salt in order to maintain good health. Most other fish benefit from a little

aquarium salt as well.

One of the most common is copper sulfate medications like Aquarasol http://www.aq-products.com/APpro/aquarisol.htm
In more extreme cases, Malachite Green is very popular.
http://www.aq-products.com/APpro/quickcure.htm
In the case of scaleless fish such as loaches and catfish, a formaldehyde based Formalin
http://www.aq-products.com/APpro/formalin.htm
Be extremely careful with Formalin doses, many are super concentrated containing 37% formaldehyde, as 1 teaspoon treats 90 gallons.
Some are pre-diluted like Formalin-3, where the dosage is 1-2 teaspoons per 10 gallons. Formalin will kill the bacteria in your filter that

break down the waste,
http://www.novalek.com/kordon/formalin/index.htm
Some products contain a combination of these medications. Read the labels and know what you are putting in your tank.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Sounds like it's probably ick to me. I would suggest you treat the tank with a ick medication. The best typically available is Quick Cure, but if you can't get that use something with both Formalin and Malachite Green as active ingredients.

Also increase the temperature of your tank to 88-90F as this will prevent the ick from multiplying and will kill most of the ick.

Salt can also be used as a very effective ich treatment, but if you are leaving soon I wouldn't suggest it since it takes a bit longer to complete the cure than the medication.

MM

Answer 3

This may be ich, although the shiny part also could be a true fungus if is larger than a grain of salt.

This article has a good pic to help you identify ich (if it is):
http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Ich.html

Tha above article has a lot of up to date information too.

There are many ich treaments availble, generally malachite green and formalin based (copper sulfate sometimes as well).
You also want to make sure your ammonia and nitrites are 0 otherwise any treatment will be futile, especially if this is a fungus.
A minimum KH and GH of 50 and 100 ppm respectively is also important for treatment and prevention as are other electrolytes such as salt.
I used Medicated Wonder shells in cases such as yours for ich and fungus in my Aquarium and Pond maintenance business as I could not always be there to add medication and these slowly release medication (as well as calcium and other electrolytes).

Otherwise Quick Cure as already suggested is an excellent treatment (if your disease is ich)

A 30 bath in Methylene Blue (using about 16 oz. tank water and then disposing of the bath solution) would be helpful for fungus and somewhat for ich

Answer 4

Sounds like ick. Any pet supply store has the needed medication you put in the tank. Just folllow the directions.

Answer 5

Sounds like it could be ich- (pronounced "ick") does it look like tiny grains of salt?

Or maybe a fungus.

Go to the pet/fish store and get some anti-parasite (ich) or anti-fungal/anti-biotic.

Answer 6

Might be ich. Does it look like grains of salt?
Start with a 25% water change, no matter what it is. Use a gravel vac and conditioned water.
http://www.aq-products.com/aquaticMedications.html

Answer 7

Remove him and wipe spots with mecuro chrome. Change half tank water and add anti fungal from pet store. This condition is highly contagious.

Answer 8

It sounds like ick, call a pet store, they sell antibiotics to put in the water.
Good Luck and I am sorry, I hate it when my pets get sick.

Answer 9

Then call a vet that specializes in fish, not unqualified strangers. That is, if you truly care in doing something about it.

Answer 10

he is sick - go to your local pet shop and see if they have something to treat the water