Finrot

[MOONBEAM]

My neighbours fish tank as only been set up for four weeks and she as already lost two fish both with finrot, when I looked in the tank I noticed there was some small particles of a fluffy substance floating in the water, I was wondering if this is the fungus that attaches to the fish and causes finrot, as anyone got any answers. Thank you

[Lady Hobbs]

No. Finrot grows on the fish and doesn't swirl around in the water. Her fish are most likely getting finrot due to trying to live thru an uncycled tank. It's a common cause of Ick, Fin rot and pop eye because their immune system is taking a beating.

[MOONBEAM]

Thank you for your advice I will tell her what you have said, I suppose she will have to do the cycle with the fish in the tank now.
Thanks once again

[Wild Turkey]

The ebook and the cycling with fish stickies are a great place to start reading.

She should start doing water changes every day if she doesnt have test kits yet.


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[terrapin24h]

the fuzzy stuff floating in the water is most likely rotting food, plant matter, or fish bits. She should stop feeding for a couple days, test the water and do an appropriate water change, and read the free ebook :)

gl

--chris

[MOONBEAM]

How much water would she have to take out in these water changes, and to do this every day is'nt that to much.

[Wild Turkey]

How much water would she have to take out in these water changes, and to do this every day is'nt that to much.

If you have test kits, then you want to test then water change as needed. You want ammonia and nitrite to remain around or below 1.0 during a fish cycle.

If she doesnt have test kits, that doesnt stop the parameters from rising and killing fish so she would want to do a 50% water change everyday until she was able to test to ensure no more fish die from the ammonia/nitrite.

In a cycled tank, weekly water changes are more appropriate since ammonia and nitrite are naturally reduced through biological filtration.

[MOONBEAM]

Thanks everyone for your advice, I will pass all this information to my neighbour.