White Growth On One African Cichlid, Is It Ich?

[mikey12421]

One of my african cichlids has a white growth coming out of its eye, on its side and on its back fin. It's not really a white spot per se, but its more like algae growing on the fish that is snow white. Is this ich? Thanks!

Mike

 

[WILDER]

Does it look fluffy in appearance or stringy.
Sounds like columnaris to me didn't you have mouth fungus in your tank a while back.

 

[mikey12421]

Does it look fluffy in appearance or stringy.
Sounds like columnaris to me didn't you have mouth fungus in your tank a while back.

Never had a fungus before, but the more I look at internet sources the more this looks like a general fungus and not ich. Thanks for the reply! I'm going to wait 10 or 15 minutes to see if anyone has any major objection to this being a fungus and then run out to the lfs and get an anti-fungal.

 

[WILDER]

This is what columnaris looks like but dosn't have to look so fluffy.
http/www.2cah.com/pandora/columnaris_noodles.jpg

 

[mikey12421]

This is what columnaris looks like but dosn't have to look so fluffy.
http/www.2cah.com/pandora/columnaris_noodles.jpg

Thanks Wilder, I appreciate it.

 

[WILDER]

http/article.discusnews.com/cat-02/columnaries.shtml

 

[black angel]

can you get a pic. Fungus can look like a fluffy white cloud. If it was ich then it would be pretty flat to the skin

 

[mikey12421]

as lame as this sounds I don't have a camera. I would err on the side of fluffy white cloud - its definitely not flat to the skin. So I'm positive its either columnaries or a fungus. How would I tell the difference?

 

[WILDER]

A true fungus is rare, columnaris is common, i would treat with a bacterial med like myxazin and pimafix.

 

[mikey12421]

Thanks, I'll try that. No other fish affected yet so hopefully we're good. Thanks for the help

 

[WILDER]

Good luck.

 

[mikey12421]

Good luck.

Treatment has been started. I'll let you know. Thanks again for the help.