Flush Or wait till the morning?

Question

Hey I have a molly that has a fungus on it, it treated it for a week with the proper treatment and it seemed like it went away.

But i noticed today that the fungus has spread to over 30% of its body, and its covering one eye.

Should i flush it now because i have a pregnant mollie in the same tank and she has not been affected yet, or should i wait till the infected mollie is dead and then flush it?

Answer 1

I would isolate the infected fish either in a tank or large bowl or bucket. Keep giving the medication that you have been giving him (unless there is a certain  amount of days that you are supposed to only do it for). If you have finished the session for the medication I'd do 25%-30% water changes every 2 days. Make sure that the water that the new water is the EXACT same temperature and ph level as the water that is in the quarintine tank because the last thing you want to do is stress your fish out even more.  As for the salt, I'd put about a tablespoon or 2 of either aquarium salt or non-iodized salt per 5 gallons.  Adding 2 pinches of salt will do absolutely nothing. For salt to be affective there has to be about a 0.3 percentage of salt in the water.

Answer 2

Wow. First of all, take the fish out of the tank and put it into a quarantine tank, then treat both the quarantine tank AND the community tank. Second, NEVER flush fish, especially diseased or LIVE fish! The disease could spread to local wildlife, or the fish could potentially escape and cause problems.

Answer 3

#1 I would take the sick fish out,#2 take the other molly out and treat it as if it were sick, then # 3  I would clean your tank out thoroughly so the fish will not become reinfected with the fungus.Also do not flush the fish , bury it or throw wrap it up and throw it away in the trash. Dead fish being flushed are not good for the environment.

Answer 4

BC put it perfectly.  It doesn't make any sense to me to flush a live fish, it doesn't just die instantly when it hits the water.  If you ever feel euthanization is necessary, don't flush...use the clove oil and vodka method.

Answer 5

the fungus infection is usely the result of an injury to the fishes skin I would sujest quarentineing the fish with the fungus a small bowl will work for this add a pinch of noniodized salt and treat with and anti fungal medication keep the water in the bowl clean useing water from the tank feed the fish only every other day if the fish survives and the medication gets rid of the fungus keep the fish in the bowl with the salt for an aditional 2 weeks the salt will promote healthy skin and scales

use about 2 pinches of salt

Answer 6

When a fish ever gets sick, you should always isolate it right when you know!!

DEFINALTY take the fish out and put it in another small tank!! you dont want the prego fish getting sick!!

and if u treated it and its still getting it, i would just flush it, you cant really do much and its probably in pain or something idk...

If you want call the vet or petco or some petstore.

and if u flush the fish, it wont get anywhere exept the septic tank that just sits there....and it doesnt go anywhere, where there is other animals...

EDIT: If you dont ahve another tank, get a bucket or bowl plastic or glass..make sure you put a filter on it!!