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Aquarium fish health: The cotton: - Mouth disease (Mouthfungus).The cotton: - Mouth disease (Mouthfungus). This disease is not as common as the white- spot disease, but, it is highly infectious and contagious. The victim show a whitish fungus round the cheeks and lips. The lips may become swollen and rot away. Sometimes a rotten strip of lip attached only at one end will move in and out of the mouth as the fish breathes. Infested fishes lose their appetitie and their movement become sluggish. If no adequate treatment is given, the whole frontal part of the head may be eaten away finally and the fish dies. Unless the affected fish is of consideration value, it should be killed before this fatal disease attack the other occupants, of the tank. But if it is desired to keep the fish and in case the infection has already been passed on to other occupants, the following treatment is advised: Swabbing the mouth of the victims with a soft cloth dipped in strong salt solution, then keep the patreat isolated in a bucket or jar containing a strong salt water.  Try swabbing the lips with a 5 per cent silver mercury preparation. Make a solution of Terramycin or Aureomycuin by dissolving 50mg per gallon of water, a rapid cure is expected within 48 hours. The most common remedy is the popular Methylene blue solution. Sick fishes should be placed in a jar, bucket or a treatment tank into which has been added a methylene per blue to colour the water deep blue. Click Here to Find Fish and Aquarium Top Sellers at PetSmart
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