Can you diagnose my fish?

Question

Hi, I have a 100 gallon tank with 3 gold severums, and 2 blood parrots. The blood parrots have lost interest in the food that i have been giving them and they seem to have whitish stuff growing around their gills and on their body. Mainly gills though. Can you tell me what disease this is? It doesn't seem like ick.

It is like little pieces, noticeable. It doesn't look like grains of salt and is not fuzzy.

Answer 1

Ich would appear like grains of salt on the fish, so I'd agree this probably isn't your problem.

I'd need more info for a diagnosis, though. Is this "fuzzy", or slimey, or otherwise?

Is there any way you could post a photo so we could see what this looks like? If you don't know how to do this, but can get a digital photo, contact me though my profile and I can help you get one posted.


ADDITION: If this isn't fuzzy, you can rule out body fungus (saprolegnia) and Columnaris (a bacterial infection). But without further info to go on, there's no way we can diagnose what your fish might have. If you look through the following links, you might be able to figure it out:

http://www.klsnet.com/files/fishchart.htm
http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/diseases.html
http://www.fish-disease.net/diseases.htm

Answer 2

Does it seem like anyone sprinkled powdered steel on him? If so, it is known as freshwater velvet. Give him an APPROPRIATE dose of malachite inexperienced. Either that, or upload a teaspoon of aquarium salt to the water for each and every gallon of water in there. If you employ both of those, it is commonly a well suggestion to hooked up a clinic tank with a sponge filter out (no carbon) If now not, it is by and large due to the fact that you will have best been feeding him bloodworms. Fish have dietary demands, too! Try including a few flake meals or cucumber to his vitamin.

Answer 3

is it fuzzy, slimey, bumpy, or look like whitish cones?

fuzzy = fungus
slimey = slime disease
bumpy = possible cauliflower disease (caused by a virus, uncurable)
cones: cylindrical cones or long white fuzzy appendages = tuberculosis. tuberculosis is uncurable, and would be the worst of these 4 because the pathogen that causes it is so hardy that it will survive being dried out. In the unlikely event that you have this problem, start a new question and provide photographs and I'll help you from there.

Cauliflower disease and tuberculosis may not be treatable, but if your fish survives, it will never get it again as it will become immune.

Answer 4

my convicts had the same problem. its a fungal infection and must be treated right away. first do a 30% water change then use the combination of melafix,and aquarium salt,(use the directions on the labels regarding tank size) and continue doing 30% water changes weekly until the fish is cured. that should take care of the problem. good luck..