What Is This Grey On My Molly?

Info because it will be asked:
water parameters are normal, 0 amonia, 0 nitrite, 10ish nitrate. PH around 7.8, temp at 78. Aquarium has been established for months. 55 gallon, running an eheim canister filter and a small sponge filter. I use prime as my conditioner, small water changes about 2-3 times a week. Feeding a mix of new life spectrum, omega one, and fresh veggies (for plecos) for food. Occasional hikarI algae wafer. Mollies get into any food I put in the tank because... mollies.

So my gold panda molly(female)has been getting these grey patches on her. She acts perfectly normal, in fact she is kind of a bully. Full of energy, big appetite, no changes in behavior. I can't tell what it is and have tried doing searches. I thought MAY BE it was fungus and so I put her in a hospital tank and used API fungus cure (per directions) She never looked any less grey from that. She doesn't act sick, no other fish are catching it. Is it missing scales? Is she losing her color? Is it a resistant fungus or bacterial infection? I have another molly just like her and that molly is perfectly yellow.

Here are some photos I tried to take. She moves fast.

Any ideas?

 

Same thing happened to one of mine, I have no answer, but would also like to find out why

 

Same thing happened to one of mine, I have no answer, but would also like to find out why

Is yours still ok?

 

It does look a lot like a fungus. Could you try a different med? Perhaps treat for a longer time?

Only other thing that comes to mind is columnaris, but that usually looks like one massive grey patch that spreads and not several small patches. I would put my bet on fungus first though.

 

It does look a lot like a fungus. Could you try a different med? Perhaps treat for a longer time?

Only other thing that comes to mind is columnaris, but that usually looks like one massive grey patch that spreads and not several small patches. I would put my bet on fungus first though.

yeah may be I could try a different med. I assume not columnaris because the other fish show no signs? Since it is a molly I assumed fungus but the API fungus cure did nothing. Could try something else for longer...

 

Is yours still ok?

Yeah, it’s still got grey on it though

 

I would like to see if anyone else has an answer to this? She is even more grey now. Looks to me like the grey is between scales like may be missing scales? She acts healthy but she is turning less and less yellow and black. It's been a long time, no other fish affected. Fungus meds and general cure that I have tried so far have not helped and I hate to keep medding her without knowing the problem. Any ideas?

 

Yeah, it’s still got grey on it though

Your fish still around?

 

jungle fungus fizz tabs ... One of mine broke out with what appeared to be a fungus also, happened fast overnight (freaked me out). I read somewhere that fungus can occur with a clean well oxygenated tank, spreading because they like the higher temps. I used the jungle fizz tab stuff from Walmart and lowered the temp of the tank to 75, gave it a few days and my molly looks 100% better.

 

jungle fungus fizz tabs ... One of mine broke out with what appeared to be a fungus also, happened fast overnight (freaked me out). I read somewhere that fungus can occur with a clean well oxygenated tank, spreading because they like the higher temps. I used the jungle fizz tab stuff from Walmart and lowered the temp of the tank to 75, gave it a few days and my molly looks 100% better.

The other fungus meds I had didn't seem to help. I might try this however. If this does not work I might try may be some aquarium salt (low dose) she is in freshwater right now.

 

Ok did some digging. Nitrofurazone is the main ingredient of the jungle fungus tabs. It can stain things. And is not a good idea to use with invertebrates in the same tank. One site I found recommends using nitrofurazone in combination with kanaplex for a broad spectrum treatment in case of columnaris...

Maybe someone with more experience has better advice, I can only tell you what worked for me but yours may have something different.

 

Thanks!

I need to wait a week or two and get some kuhlI loaches out of my quarantine/hospital tank and I might research and try something like this.