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Illness/Sickness: Possible fungal growth...appeared within the last 10 hours

axiegaz

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Hi guys,

Klaus has a wierd growth on one of his gills. I think it's fungal but if i could please get some verifcation and idea of treatment that would be greatly appreciated:

couple of other factoids first:

ammonia: 0
nitrites: 0.20
nitrates: 20
temp: 17degrees

he seems fine, no irregular gill flapping or gasping, still keen on his food, infact to get him to the front of the tank for the picture i had to lure him with my finger :)
 

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Hi
It does look like fungus. You need to start administering salt baths ASAP as it can spread quickly.
You need to up those water changes to get that nitrite down

Mel
 
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thx Melfly :)

he's just had his salt bath and is now in the fridge chill-axing :) My girlfriend has just told me that last night he was scratching that particular gill with his back leg... guess something must have been lodged there...
thx again :)
 
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No worries.
You'll need to do 2 salt baths per day no longer than 10 mins.
 
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hi guys,

Klaus is back to normal though minus some filaments on his affected gill :) all fungus has disappeared and i'm now thinking it wasn't fungus but scar tissue since it dissappeared so quickly. he seems happy enough and just ate an earthworm that was about 2 thirds his length :) i post some pics in a bit. thx again melfly
 
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Hiya, glad he's doin well now. It was almost definately fungus. It comes on very quick but also clears quickly with the salt baths. Hows the nitrite coming on? Mel
 
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nitrite now at zero on the colour chart but there is still a little pigmentation so i'll just continue with the current water regime for the next day or so and see where we're at on friday
 
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Sounds like the cycle is almost done. Thats great news. Hopefully all will be well now. Mel
 
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