oscars & fluffy white stuff

today i woke up and all my oscars have a bit of fluffy white stuff attached to there sides. they arent swiming around much and i think there gunna die if i don't seek help!! can any one please tell me what this is and how to cure it.. FAST?

thanks alot

Jenken

 

How big is the tank and what are the readings for ammonia, nitrIte, and nitrAte?

Could be columnaris. In which case Maracyn should work, but we need to figure out the root cause.

-Chelle

 

http://www.fishpalace.org/fungus_chuckshobbiespets.jpg is exactly what it looks like.. the site says its body fungus..[/img]

 

If there wasn't an injury where the cottony stuff is growing, it's not a true fungus. True fungus grows on dead/damaged tissue.

Columnaris (which most people call a fungual infection although it's really bacterial) will grow on undamaged tissue. Here's a really great article about columnaris written by a friend of mine.
http://www.flippersandfins.net/flexibacter.htm

-Chelle

 

the thing is.. there was an injury there, i tried to let my midas and my oscar live together and my oscar was quite beaten up the next morning so i removed the midas..

 

my beta died overnight

my beta caught that and died ovenight it drowned cuz it got it in its gills

-OSCAR_BREEDER