SYMPTOMS
5. Greyish-white cotton wool like growths around mouth area.

DISEASE
MOUTH FUNGUS - not a fungus but caused by Chondrococcus columnaris bacteria.

TROPICAL FRESHWATER & COLDWATER AQUARIA
In a soft, acid water aquarium, improve the water quality and decrease bacteria-count with HUMAQUAT. Use MYXAZIN as a water treatment, and (if possible) by brush application. Increase aeration and filtration to maximum acceptable level. If only Mollies are affected by greyish-white body film remove to a 10%-20% ULTRAMARINE seawater solution before commencing treatment. Or add 10% ULTRAMARINE seawater to aquarium if salinophobic species not present.

SEAWATER AND BRACKISHWATER
Stop ALL feeding immediately if possible. Otherwise reduce feeding to minimum possible level. Turn aeration/filtration to maximum. Turn off all SEACOAL (carbon) filtration. Commence MYXAZIN treatment as soon as possible (fish only systems) since these diseases proceed rapidly in seawater. Where size of fish permits use MYXAZIN topically (i.e. brush application) as well as a water treatment. CLOWNFISHES, where no whitish body film exists, if no improvement by day 2, see Trichodina, (No. 11).

GARDEN PONDS
Carry out a very slow, total water change by trickling a garden hose into the pond at the "high" side and letting the polluted water overflow onto the lawn at the "low" end. This should take 24 hrs. to complete and is continued until the water is crystal clear. Stop all feeding and run fountain/waterfall/aeration continuously at full power. Use MYXAZIN P as both a water treatment and topically. Commence feeding when symptoms subside.

PREVENTION
a) By regular usage of Waterlife super-sensitive Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate test kits, so regulate the amount of feeding to ensure that free ammonia/nitrite NEVER appear in your aquasystem. With correctly designed filtration system, ammonia, nitrite and nitrates should never be allowed to climb above minimal levels.
b) Never overfeed:
c) Never use "spoiled" foods:
d) Never use sea foods, Daphnia, Tubifex etc., which have not been gamma-ray irradiated:
e) Always quarantine doubtful looking fish in MYXAZIN/P-treated water:
f) ALWAYS prevent vitamin deficiency in captive fishes by using VITAZIN.
To précis the above in a few words, what one is really saying is:- Disease in fishes, as in all creatures, is always an inevitable response to STRESS EXPOSURE. Stress in the aquatic enviroment can assume many forms, i.e. chemical (=pH, nitrogeneous toxins), physical (=temp., S.G., oxygen tension), biological (=poor feeding, vitamin deficiency, etc.), psychological (=aggression, clumsy handling). Avoid stress = no disease.