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Shiny stuff on my mollies...?
I have two mollies in a 10 gallon tank. One of them has shiny silvery stuff all over it and the other only has a few. They seen to be coping well though...if it's some sort of disease then how do I cure it? Is it contagious?
They've been like this for about 3 weeks, but they seem to be fine. When I kept them with the snails, there was some snow like substance on them. Maybe they caused it?
they were possessed by satan. rip
3 Answers
- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
You might have Oodinium(velevet). I would add some copper sulfate to the tank.
Edit: Malachite Green doesn't do anything with Velvet, whoever said that was looking at the wrong label on the disease chart :/
- ?Lv 49 years ago
I'm not too familiar with Mollies as I've never kept them
But it sounds like a disease called "Velvet" (Google it)
You should try to get a medicine containing Malachite Green - it's excellent at curing Velvet, and also cures White Spot/Ich
Only word of caution - remove any light coloured ornaments from your aquarium as the M/Green will stain them
Good luck :)
- Anonymous9 years ago
Your fish is possessed by satan. I'm just kidding, they are actually supposed to gain those when maturing, they are ways to tell males and females apart.
