Ammonia Burn ? ?

Well my molly has some white spots on her, special near her back. her fins have developed litttle patches where it lost its color, its looks like its external, i wana make sure it is ammonia burn, not some disease.

Anyone got pictures of ammonia burned fish? So i can compare. And is there anything else that this could be?

 

According to the owner, the brown smudges on this goldfish are ammona burns:


http://www.goldfishinfo.com/gallery/Gol ... hotos/blub

 

Aient ammonia burn supposed to be white?

 

No. Ammonia burn is usually brown or black or just a darker patch (like dark blue on a light blue fish).

Are the white patches fuzzy? Can you post a pic?

-Chelle

 

Possibly it could be Ick or a sign of fin rot, but as t_chelle16 stated, it is best to see a picture is possible first to make sure of what it realy is.

 

It does look slightly fuzzy, but the molly is the only one affected....

 

From what I heard mollies contract/pick up diseases a bit easier than other fish. I think a lot of it has to do with the pH and whether there is enough salt in your tank. However, you will have to wait from another more experienced member like t_chelle16 to answer that more accurately and better than I am able to answer.

 

I dont have any salt and my ph is 7.6

 

Duh! I forgot to ask the obvious question. What are your readings for ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAte?

-Chelle

 

Heck if i knew those readings i would tell u right away, i dont got the test kits.

 

You really need them.

-Chelle

 

go to your local pet store and get them to test your water and get them to write the numbers down

 

Its probably Ick. My black molly got it. You can ask your local pet store and explain whats going on with your fish, or look it up on the internet. there some stuff, quICK cure that I got. Good stuff.

 

Here you go.
http://www.nunnie.com/ick.html

 

That site dont help much because it only has words, no pictures so i cant compare. mine dont look like he got salt on her, it looks like the back end is loosing the color, also on the top fin, the other fins (anal fin etc..) are all normal, her front is normal just the back has turned pale and white in some areas, she acts normal, eats normal, does everything normal and she is the only one that is affected.

Could this be a natural thing with sunset mollys?

 

It could be a sign of stress (most fish will get pale when they're stressed). Since you have no idea what your water parameters are, you might want to do water changes at least every other day just in case.

-Chelle

 

Its like that 24/7

 

I would od what fish addict and tchelle said, I would do water changes, until you get a moment to go to the lfs to get your water readings.