Disease?

caliguy78 · 03-21-2008, 02:40 PM

I am new to having an aquarium. I have a 14 gallon aquarium with 5 fish. 2 of them are dalmation mollies, 1 is a plecostamous, and the other 2 are Mickey Mousy Platy. I noticed that my two dalmation mollies have yellowish orange spots on them. Originally it was only on one but it looks like it spread. I looked at various disease websites and searched the forums but did not come up with anything. Attached is a picture of one of the fish. It was the best I was able to get. You can barely make out the spots.

Is this something to worry about? They seem to be fine and they have a decent appetite.

trashion · 03-21-2008, 03:39 PM

Could just be normal. As fish age, their coloration often changes drastically.

caliguy78 · 03-23-2008, 07:43 AM

Im not so sure it is normal. On my other Dalmation fish, it is very noticeable. She is mostly white. I will try and get some better pictures later. I bought these at Petwmart a little over 2 weeks ago. The other dalmation fish from there do not have any spots on them.

I did a partial water change and added some salt. Should I do anything else?

**TheOldSalt** · 03-23-2008, 08:26 AM

Great Scott! Gold dust disease! We're dooomed! DOOOOOMED!

Nah, just kidding. Actually, everything is fine. The waterchange and salt only made the mollies happier, and that let them express their full colors. These Dalmatian mollies obviously have some Gold-dust molly in their ancestry.

MollyBreeder12 · 03-23-2008, 10:07 AM

UM It looks VERY bad. The salt bath is good but I think u should buy seperate medicine.
Ill search it && tell yoohh K
OOO0000O0O0O0
Mostly every time I go to ANY petstore even walmart dalmation mollies have dat it looks very bad
My first Molly I had was a big beautiful Male DAlmation Molly
My biggest guppy got tired of being bullied by dis giant beast after just two days
the guppy attaked him && he got blue spots from da bites
den he got a popped eye
den he didnt ate && stopped moving && 3 days later he died
so i only had him for about 7 days

03-21-2008, 02:40 PM	#1
caliguy78 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 30 Posts: 3 User Feedback: (0)	Disease? I am new to having an aquarium. I have a 14 gallon aquarium with 5 fish. 2 of them are dalmation mollies, 1 is a plecostamous, and the other 2 are Mickey Mousy Platy. I noticed that my two dalmation mollies have yellowish orange spots on them. Originally it was only on one but it looks like it spread. I looked at various disease websites and searched the forums but did not come up with anything. Attached is a picture of one of the fish. It was the best I was able to get. You can barely make out the spots. Is this something to worry about? They seem to be fine and they have a decent appetite. Attached Images

03-21-2008, 03:39 PM	#2
trashion girl anachronism Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 932 User Feedback: (0)	Could just be normal. As fish age, their coloration often changes drastically. __________________ current setup: 15 gallon, planted w/ pressurized co2, 55watts PC lighting, EI fert dosing. -5 harlequin rasboras -7 Aspidoras pauciradiatus (sixray or false corydoras) for reference: my name is Julie

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03-23-2008, 07:43 AM	#3
caliguy78 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 30 Posts: 3 User Feedback: (0)	Im not so sure it is normal. On my other Dalmation fish, it is very noticeable. She is mostly white. I will try and get some better pictures later. I bought these at Petwmart a little over 2 weeks ago. The other dalmation fish from there do not have any spots on them. I did a partial water change and added some salt. Should I do anything else?

03-23-2008, 08:26 AM	#4
TheOldSalt Darth Ichthyos Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,058 User Feedback: (5)	Great Scott! Gold dust disease! We're dooomed! DOOOOOMED! Nah, just kidding. Actually, everything is fine. The waterchange and salt only made the mollies happier, and that let them express their full colors. These Dalmatian mollies obviously have some Gold-dust molly in their ancestry.

03-23-2008, 10:07 AM	#5
MollyBreeder12 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Age: 12 Posts: 7 User Feedback: (0)	UM It looks VERY bad. The salt bath is good but I think u should buy seperate medicine. Ill search it && tell yoohh K OOO0000O0O0O0 Mostly every time I go to ANY petstore even walmart dalmation mollies have dat it looks very bad My first Molly I had was a big beautiful Male DAlmation Molly My biggest guppy got tired of being bullied by dis giant beast after just two days the guppy attaked him && he got blue spots from da bites den he got a popped eye den he didnt ate && stopped moving && 3 days later he died so i only had him for about 7 days

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