the fungus among us

[toehead11183]

i have had a costomer come in everyday for the last week. he has 12 2g betta bowls each with one betta, an apple snail, and some have ghost shrimp. he has brought one of his snails in with a white hairy looking slime covering it. he says a few of his bettas have caught this and died. he described the fish as "wearing a white fur coat." never seen this stuff before. sorry no pictures. anyone know what it may be and how to treat it?

 

[señor_pescados_felices]

its either columnaris or true fungus....most likely the enemy known as "The Columnaris" ( LOLsomone will get that).

I just had a columnaris breakout in my peacock tank and it wiped them all out,and thats after spending $90 to medicate for 7 days with Marycin I and II.I have a thread here that documents it pretty much and another on cichlid-forum,where Kim and Robin tried to help but there was nothing we could do
all I had left was a lone D.compressiceps....