White spot on my Molly?
About two weeks ago I noticed that one of my mollies had a white spot on its tail fin. At first I thought it was nothing serious, maybe a little injured somewhere, but now I'm a bit doubtful. I looked it up online and there was something about white spot disease, but with this disease it's supposed to mean there are several white spots, but my molly has only had one spot for a while now. I haven't noticed any changes in her behavior either, she eats normally like always, except that she sometimes hides from the male, but that's normal if he's constantly trying to mate.
If anyone knows what this is or has had something similar, I would be very happy to hear from you.
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Hello,
Mollys are in fact very susceptible to the so-called punk disease.
Sickness picture
Ichthyophthirius multifiliis is fortunately a relatively easy to diagnose pathogens. In most cases, the infection begins with few small white spots on the fins and later on on the body. The fish show a striking behavior early on: They are shy of plants, furnishings and soil. The size of the puns is partly also dependent on the size of the affected fish. In the case of very small fish, therefore, confusion with other pathogens is possible in the initial stage. In rare cases, the parasite also only affects the gills and is therefore not recognized until the fish are already suffering from acute breath.
https://my-fish.org/beginnereinstieg/ Diseases/puenktchen Disease-ichthyophthirius-multifiliis/ copied from there
There are medicines against the punk disease.
And remember, this is very contagious!
You should observe this very accurately, which actually begins with a point, but then spreads quickly. Another unsightly alternative can be a mushroom. In any case, very well watch if you somehow have the possibility I would separate the fish to minimize the risk of infection for the others. If nothing has happened in a few days, you can still give a warning.
glg Sury121
Thanks for the answer. I would have asked a few more unzwar I would start this with the salt treatment tomorrow.
how long does the fish have to be licked in others? I read a few hours.
How much salt per liter does it take?
When should I stop the complete treatment?
From when do I remember my fish not tolerating the treatment and then what to do?
How many times a day should the fish enter the treatment pool?
Hello, in your place, I would go directly to an animal store and let myself be advised there, there are various medicines (not so expensive) that you can use. Salt treatment is a way, but I have never tried it myself I have to confess and can therefore not say too much about it. https://www.zooroyal.de/magazin/aquaristic/salt treatment/ here it is described, for example, glg Sury121
The points at the head are the sheds that reflect a little in the Lich, so they look quite different as on the tail fin of the point.