MrFlyTrap2
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Hey guys,
I had a tank running with 2, guppies, 2 betas (male female), 4 ghost shrimp, potted plants, and a bunch of snails. Everything was find and happy, but then suddenly things started to die. The fish would be fine, then next day dead and covered in a white, puffy fuzz that covered the entire body. In a week I lost both betas and a ghost shrimp. Everything else was fine. I figured that I had some type of fungus due to it looking like fungus. Doing some reasearch I felt that it was called "True Fungus" and used a medicine called Maroxy.
http://www.petco.com/Shop/petco_Pro...emerch_1.aspx?cm_re=227-_-TopSellers1-_-78263
Once I did the dosage as in the instructions, the last 3 ghost shrimp died. (I think they had a problem with this medicine.)
Everything seems stable now, plants are fine, snails are still all over the place, and the guppies gave birth! But I'm still leery as to what was that white fungus that kept killing things in my tank, and I wonder what was really happening?
I'm curious if the fungus was only a cause and effect. That there might be something else there that really killed the fish and the fungus could only host on a dead fish? It was just so surprising that it was litterally overnight - total coverage on the fish.
Anyone else run into something like this? I'd like to hear what was the outcome / reaction to fix the problem before I try working with this tank again.
Thanks!
Nathan
I had a tank running with 2, guppies, 2 betas (male female), 4 ghost shrimp, potted plants, and a bunch of snails. Everything was find and happy, but then suddenly things started to die. The fish would be fine, then next day dead and covered in a white, puffy fuzz that covered the entire body. In a week I lost both betas and a ghost shrimp. Everything else was fine. I figured that I had some type of fungus due to it looking like fungus. Doing some reasearch I felt that it was called "True Fungus" and used a medicine called Maroxy.
http://www.petco.com/Shop/petco_Pro...emerch_1.aspx?cm_re=227-_-TopSellers1-_-78263
Once I did the dosage as in the instructions, the last 3 ghost shrimp died. (I think they had a problem with this medicine.)
Everything seems stable now, plants are fine, snails are still all over the place, and the guppies gave birth! But I'm still leery as to what was that white fungus that kept killing things in my tank, and I wonder what was really happening?
I'm curious if the fungus was only a cause and effect. That there might be something else there that really killed the fish and the fungus could only host on a dead fish? It was just so surprising that it was litterally overnight - total coverage on the fish.
Anyone else run into something like this? I'd like to hear what was the outcome / reaction to fix the problem before I try working with this tank again.
Thanks!
Nathan
