Dnogator Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) Hi all, I have a male gold dust Molly that has slowly developed a white film on his body. He comes out to eat but often hides the rest of the day. I noticed that the large female gold dust mollies that I have often chase him around and bother him. This has been going on for over a month. He doesn’t have spots like Ich and he doesn’t have fuzzy growth. Just a white film on his body especially behind his head. What do you think this is? All other fish (around 30) in the community tank are fine. pH 8.2 GH 75 KH 300 Ammonia and nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 10-20 Water temp is 77 F Thanks for your help. Edited January 11, 2021 by Dnogator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Can you post a picture of the sick fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnogator Posted January 11, 2021 Author Share Posted January 11, 2021 (edited) I thought I did. I inserted a thumbnail from my phone. Maybe I’m doing it wrong. Ok, I fixed it. There should be a picture now. Edited January 11, 2021 by Dnogator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 @Dnogator you did attach a thumbnail, yay! But it is lot easier to tell what is going on with the fish when you insert a photo into the post. @Lizzie Block has a good post on how to do this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quikv6 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I think you should start with some aquarium salt, which the mollies can tolerate (and quite possibly enjoy) rather well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 It could be a fungal infection Treat with aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons for 5days if no improvement I would treat with API fungus cure and maracyn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnogator Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 26 minutes ago, Colu said: It could be a fungal infection Treat with aquarium salt 1 table spoon for 2 gallons for 5days if no improvement I would treat with API fungus cure and maracyn Would you treat the whole tank with aquarium salt or quarantine? It’s 55 galllons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 I would quarantine and treat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnogator Posted January 12, 2021 Author Share Posted January 12, 2021 22 hours ago, Colu said: I would quarantine and treat Well, he’s in quarantine now with the salt. I hope he feels better. Poor little guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenFins Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 agreed with everyone, salt should do the trick if it doesn't work after a week do Maracyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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