I just got a black molly a couple weeks ago and she's been not as active since the day I bought her. A couple days ago I noticed white spots circling around both eyes, and what appears to be white flaky skin around her gills. I've read about the different diseases that these fish are prone to,but I can't seem to find the answer. I feed her the flakes and use the aquarium salt along with drops for the water. Can anybody help me?
2007-07-22 19:08:18 · 4 answers · asked by Maura E. 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
it sounds like ick or fungus, here is some more info on treatment
http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/information/Diseases.htm#Fungus
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-07-22 22:34:13 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like ICK to me. a common problem. ick grows in cooler water. so 1st raise the water temp.a wee bit to about 80 degrees. make sure you take out the charcoal filter. i get these tablets from walmart made by jungle something another. anyway they are usually hanging in the pet dept by the food and other fishy supplies. fallow the direction on the package. it take a couple of days to see some improvement. when you finally put back in the charcoal/ carbon filter be sure to put a new one in. i also use aquaruim salt its good for sick fish and its cheap. good luck
2007-07-23 02:26:41 · answer #2 · answered by miss_stacey2u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the pet shop you got the fish from and ask them any questions that you want answering do this repetitively if any doubts
2007-07-23 04:11:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its probably most likely a fungis dieseas go to petco and ask about different treatments, usually you could find drops to put in her tank
2007-07-23 02:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋