White fungus on dwarf gourami?

Male "flame" dwarf gourami has been looking a bit peaked & acting sluggish for
a couple weeks, today I noticed a 3/8" diameter fuzzy white circular growth on
his body.

I assumed fungus, and since my malachite green / formaldahyde ich med also
indicated "for fungus" I isolated him w/ a bit of that med in the water.

I doubt that he's long for this world but,

1) does that approach seem ok? &

2) do I need to treat the rest of the tank? everyone else is pretty perky.

TIA -- Jim

|| Male "flame" dwarf gourami has been looking a bit peaked & acting
|| sluggish for a couple weeks, today I noticed a 3/8" diameter fuzzy
|| white circular growth on his body.
||
|| I assumed fungus, and since my malachite green / formaldahyde ich
|| med also indicated "for fungus" I isolated him w/ a bit of that med
|| in the water.
||
|| I doubt that he's long for this world but,
||
|| 1) does that approach seem ok? &
||
|| 2) do I need to treat the rest of the tank? everyone else is pretty
|| perky.
||
|| TIA -- Jim

In my opinion, I've never isolated a fungus problem, I treat the tank...
Reason is, the cause of the fungus, if unknown, could have affected all
fish... if it's a 'known' fungus, then isolation could be the route... I've
always used Jungle Labs Fungus Eliminator... turns the tanks a nice yellow
color, but 9 out of 10 times, it'll work and it won't stress out the other
fish as much... notice I said, as much....

Good luck...
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is that better??

Ordinarily, I'd agree with Red, but Gouramis are particularly susceptible
to fungus, so in their case, an off line treatment can make sense (also
keeps the carcass away from the others if it dies). There is a good
chance the other fish will be unaffected by the disease, so it's nice to
not expose them to the medication (and you, the expense). The gamble is
that later you put your newly cured Gourami back into the main tank, and
the same fungus gets him again. This can happen, and in my experience,
it depends on the type of fungus and the health of the fish to resist the
fungus, The type which starts on the fins is much more pervasive that
the one you described, so ymmv.
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|| Male "flame" dwarf gourami has been looking a bit peaked & acting
|| sluggish for a couple weeks, today I noticed a 3/8" diameter fuzzy
|| white circular growth on his body.
||
|| I assumed fungus, and since my malachite green / formaldahyde ich
|| med also indicated "for fungus" I isolated him w/ a bit of that med
|| in the water.
||
|| I doubt that he's long for this world but,
||
|| 1) does that approach seem ok? &
||
|| 2) do I need to treat the rest of the tank? everyone else is pretty
|| perky.
||
|| TIA -- Jim

In my opinion, I've never isolated a fungus problem, I treat the
tank...
Reason is, the cause of the fungus, if unknown, could have affected all
fish... if it's a 'known' fungus, then isolation could be the route...
I've
always used Jungle Labs Fungus Eliminator... turns the tanks a nice
yellow
color, but 9 out of 10 times, it'll work and it won't stress out the
other
fish as much... notice I said, as much....

Good luck...
--
RedForeman ©® future fabricator and creator of a ratbike
streetfighter!!! ==========================
2003 TRX450ES
1992 TRX-350 XX (For Sale)
'98 Tacoma Ext Cab 4X4 Lifted....
==========================
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is that better??