white lumps on wild caught mollies

[Allyb]

I have some a green sailfin molly I caught a few weeks ago, and I he has
some growths on him I hope someone can help me identify. I have a fish
disease book, and didn't see it in there. The growths started out as a
small white spot, kind of like an ick spot, but not as many. The spots have
grown until they are about the size of a pin head (the metal kind, not the
kind with the ceramic balls on the end) and are dome shaped. They are on
the fins as well as the body of the fish, randomly located. He has 5 or 6
on him. They kind of look like teeny barnacles. The fish seems unaffected
by them. I think a couple of the other mollies I caught in the same place
are starting to have the tiny little spots, but none of the other species I
caught at the same time have any. Any ideas? Thanks! - Allison

[Aidan Grey]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:46:57 -0400, Allyb wrote:

>I have some a green sailfin molly I caught a few weeks ago, and I he has
>some growths on him I hope someone can help me identify. I have a fish
>disease book, and didn't see it in there. The growths started out as a
>small white spot, kind of like an ick spot, but not as many. The spots have
>grown until they are about the size of a pin head (the metal kind, not the
>kind with the ceramic balls on the end) and are dome shaped. They are on
>the fins as well as the body of the fish, randomly located. He has 5 or 6
>on him. They kind of look like teeny barnacles. The fish seems unaffected
>by them. I think a couple of the other mollies I caught in the same place
>are starting to have the tiny little spots, but none of the other species I
>caught at the same time have any. Any ideas? Thanks! - Allison
>
>

Some species of clams are parasites during the first part of their life
cycle. Could
these be partially developed clams?

Also, if you caught them in salt water, they could actually be barnacles.


Aidan Grey

[Allyb]

These were in 100% fresh water. Wouldn't it be cool to clean your gravel
and come up with clams?

"Aidan Grey" > wrote in message
y.on.ca...
> On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:46:57 -0400, Allyb wrote:
>
> >I have some a green sailfin molly I caught a few weeks ago, and I he has
> >some growths on him I hope someone can help me identify. I have a fish
> >disease book, and didn't see it in there. The growths started out as a
> >small white spot, kind of like an ick spot, but not as many. The spots
have
> >grown until they are about the size of a pin head (the metal kind, not
the
> >kind with the ceramic balls on the end) and are dome shaped. They are on
> >the fins as well as the body of the fish, randomly located. He has 5 or
6
> >on him. They kind of look like teeny barnacles. The fish seems
unaffected
> >by them. I think a couple of the other mollies I caught in the same
place
> >are starting to have the tiny little spots, but none of the other species
I
> >caught at the same time have any. Any ideas? Thanks! - Allison
> >
> >
>
> Some species of clams are parasites during the first part of their life
> cycle. Could
> these be partially developed clams?
>
> Also, if you caught them in salt water, they could actually be
barnacles.
>
>
> Aidan Grey
>
>
>

[Dick]

On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 13:46:57 -0400, "Allyb" > wrote:

>I have some a green sailfin molly I caught a few weeks ago, and I he has
>some growths on him I hope someone can help me identify. I have a fish
>disease book, and didn't see it in there. The growths started out as a
>small white spot, kind of like an ick spot, but not as many. The spots have
>grown until they are about the size of a pin head (the metal kind, not the
>kind with the ceramic balls on the end) and are dome shaped. They are on
>the fins as well as the body of the fish, randomly located. He has 5 or 6
>on him. They kind of look like teeny barnacles. The fish seems unaffected
>by them. I think a couple of the other mollies I caught in the same place
>are starting to have the tiny little spots, but none of the other species I
>caught at the same time have any. Any ideas? Thanks! - Allison
>

I sure would treat them as Ich. Mollies are prone to Ich in my
experience. I just had three mollies get ich after about 9 months.
In two it started as a single small white spot at the back of their
heads. One of the mollies from a separate tank. They all cleared of
ich withing a few days. I treated them in a quarantine tank. They
are still clear after two weeks. No fish in the other two tanks have
displayed any further signs of ich. I sure have a clear understanding
that ich is present in tanks even with no infected fish. The two
tanks are 29 and 75 gallon and have high density populations with 14
different species. I have never figured what triggered the problem.
I have not added any plants or fish to my tanks in over a year.

Interesting to have you live where you can catch your fish in their
natural habitat. This sure creates opportunities not experienced by
us fish store hobbiests, apparently those can be good and bad.

dick