Something Wrong With Marco's Gill!

[afireinside]

You see that little white area, what is it? It's not sticking out, it's just like it's a white patch of white scale. But then, now he's been not as active as he used to. Could it be fungus? What is it?

 

[SPLiSH]

I can't really see but it sounds like a type on fungal infection. Jungle Fungus Eliminator is a good med for this sort of thing.

Hope he gets well soon!

 

[afireinside]

Alright, when I go out for fish supplies tommorow, I'll go get some fungal medine. I'll put him in his own tank, as he is in a divided tank. I just think it is odd that Mars doesn't have it...

 

[happyannie]

Mine had several little funky white things on his gills after 2 major stress points he went through. The first was when he saw his reflection in the glass on the side of his tank and started attacking the bubbles coming out of the filter. After that, I put him on aquarisol which killed off several plants in his tank but I was freakin' too much to even care about them. I went off to the store to get him another filter to run off the airpump which didn't make as many bubbles. I turned the heat way up and threw in some Indian Almond leaves.
This last time, it as when I was setting up his new tank, moved the filter out and had to move him to another spot in the house. I tried to darken everything and put him right up on my desk here so he'd feel comforted. Well, he didn't. He flared and zoomed away until I moved him into his new tank. So---what I did was turn the heat way up, throw in some Indian Almond leaves, add in some more aquarium salt and hope for the best. The white things are gone and he looks great. This new tank is heavily planted so I wanted to wait it out a bit to see if I could get him calmed a bit. I've read so many places now that Ick is always present in the tank but when they get stressed, they are prone to get it. I didn't want to go medicine crazy and just go throwing things in at him. I wonder if he didn't get injured in some way in both instances and maybe it wasn't Ick at all. ?? Both times he was flying around at a pretty good clip so may have torn himself in some way. I'm just throwing that out to readers for comments besides replying to your post. I'm amazed at the sensitivities of these little creatures. I wonder if we have to allow for that alot...??

 

[afireinside]

I'm going to the store in a bit, but he looks worse! He's laying on the bottom on his side, and only going up to get air!

 

[sukie]

The white things could be parasites called flukes - look really close to see if it's coming out of the gills or not. If it's just white cottony stuff then it's true fungus for sure.


Let us know how it goes.
Good luck!

 

[Mugen]

Sort of sounds like some sort of infection to me if he's winding down.

 

[afireinside]

Got him the meds, but the white stuff seemed to go away even before I put the meds in. He looks better, that's for sure.

 

[MishyTheFishBreeder]

Sounds like a fungus to me buy some anti fungus meds and it should be ok.

 

[liz2]

let us know how he is later on today. got everything crossed

 

[jollysue]

That is an awful picture, OA. I can't even see his face or his head.

Hope he feels better.

 

[afireinside]

Ya, I know it's blurry, but I can see his face...

He's getting better, at least he swims around now.

 

[jollysue]

Glad to hear it OA. When he is mended, celebrate with a good pic.

 

[afireinside]

lol man.
I dunno, the spot still seems to be there, but he's acting like his normal self now! Flaring at Mars constantly!