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Is it necessary to fridge when doing salt baths?

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I've just noticed a very small patch of fungus appearing on one of Abrahams gills. His tank parameters are:

PH 7.8 (this has always been quite high and never seems to bother him)
Ammonia 0.00
Nitrite 0.00
Nitrate 1.0

My 4ft tank has a chiller and sits at 17 degrees, he is the only one in the tank.

Abes is other wise happy and hungry :happy:

It is necessary to fridge while giving salt baths? seeing as he is content I do not want to cause undue stress.

Also, what causes gill fungus?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
 
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On further inspection I'm not sure if it's fungus or gills turning white. When I get home this evening I will take him out for a closer inspection prior to treating anything.

IF it is gills turning white, does anyone know the cause of this?
 
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If you aren't sure pics may help if you can get any :) I wasn't sure with one of my little guys so I just kept an eye on him and it did eventually turn out to be a fungus, I just didn't want to stress him with salt baths if it wasn't a fungus. I don't know what the cause is though, I think I read somewhere that it is to do with water quality but that is a little ambiguous to me :) Would be nice to know so we can try prevent it :D
 
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Thanks for everyone's replies, between me a qtip and Abraham we managed to get rid of what ever it was! I think it may have been the start of a fungus, or it could just been some grains of sand... I guess we'll never know!
 
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If it was the start of fungus you'll know :p I wish the same could be said for my poor baby! She's still sat in the fridge with another salt bath due soon :(
 
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