How to Treat Mouth Fungus in Fish

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Aquarium Fish Mouth Fungus More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by snoopynoob 1 | permalink
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Mouth fungus in aquarium fish is a bacterial infection, and needs to be treated with antibiotic or antibacterial medications.
Tags: Aquarium Fish Mouth Fungus

For further reading: http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-health/aquarium-fish-mouth-fungus.aspx ^[1]

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Fish Illnesses - How to Spot Them More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Grad Jagadesan Balakrishnan | permalink
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Click here for information on common aquarium fish diseases and how to spot them in your tank.
For further reading: http://www.tetra-fish.com/aquarium-information/aquarium-fish-diseases-how-to-spot-them.aspx ^[2]

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How to Treat Mouth Fungus in Fish | eHow More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Michael Glinvad | permalink
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Mouth fungus in freshwater fish is not actually a fungal infection, but is instead a bacterial infection caused by the flexibacter bacteria (see reference 1). Fish afflicted with this bacterial disease will show symptoms including a white substance around the mouth that will become fluffy, resembling cotton. The fish may become lethargic and stop...

For further reading: http://www.ehow.com/how_5625254_treat-mouth-fungus-fish.html ^[3]

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Columnaris Disease in Aquarium Fish More
Published: 9 years, 3 month(s) ago by Harikumar Iyer | permalink
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Columnaris is often misdiagnosed, due to sometimes having a fungal appearance. Unfortunately fungal treatments are not effective against this bacterial disease Here is how to diagnose and treat Columnaris.

For further reading: http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/columnaris.htm ^[4]

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1. http://www.fishchannel.com/fish-health/aquarium-fish-mouth-fungus.aspx

2. http://www.tetra-fish.com/aquarium-information/aquarium-fish-diseases-how-to-spot-them.aspx

3. http://www.ehow.com/how_5625254_treat-mouth-fungus-fish.html

4. http://freshaquarium.about.com/cs/disease/p/columnaris.htm