What is this and how to cure it?

[Duby]

Good evening all,

I have been looking after fish for a few years now and never expeirenced a problem, but this week my 7 month old Uaru developed a fungal infection on his mouth, I treated him and within a week he fully recovered.

He's eating well and is back to normal but now has developed this on the side of his face. It hasn't affected his taste for food or love for swimming around. But I'm worried about what this is. I have started a course of antibiotic treatment, due to panicking that he would suddenly bump off.

Can someone help please

 

[SeanTrollope]

to me that looks like some sort of growth or parasite. but im not sure. you will have to wait for a reply from a more experienced person

 

[Duby]

to me that looks like some sort of growth or parasite. but im not sure. you will have to wait for a reply from a more experienced person

Thanks for the reply.

I have a very mature tank (220l, 50G) and do water changes weekly of 20% mainly from water evaporation. Its just really odd how it suddenly came about. I also have the filtration for a 500L tank tbh

If anyone else can help me I would really appreciate it.

 

[Duby]

-Bump

 

[mark4785]

It is difficult to diagnose this as the image isn't that clear however I would put my money on it being a bacterial infection of the head. I would recommend that you up your water changes to keep the environment clean and to switch from anti-biotics to the use of aquarium salt as this will be more effective at encouraging the infection to leave the swelling via osmosis.

You would need 3 table spoons per 20 litres; I would add one half of a teaspoon per 20 litres every day for 6 days until you reach the aforementioned concentration.

If you see no improvement I would personally look for an anti-bacterial treatment that is safe to use alongside the salt treatment.

Usually cleaner water dosed with salt alongside a fish that is continuing to eat will be enough for a full recovery.

 

[Duby]

Thank you very much for your reply.

Bruce the Uaru has fully recovered. I switched to an anti bac treatment, in which he healed up but then had a fungal infection within the wound as it healed! So I had to wait several days for the previous medication to subside until I could treat the fungus.

It was a total nightmare but he struggled and soldiered on and happy once again. To anyone else out there with a similar problem, patience is the best starting point, impulse is the worse thing you could do and will most likely bring death.

-Resolved