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White stuff on gills.. fungus?

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I was looking at my juvie Dot. I noticed one of his gills looked weird, then i noticed that he had white stuff on the top. Ive got bad eyes so i couldnt quite tell if it was fuzzy,. but i got a flashlight & a magnifying glass, and i noticed he had little white spots everywhere, Im going to attempt to get a pic, but its rather small so idk if it'll work. Do you think its fungus? or just something else? If its fungus, how do i get rid of it? hes only sitting at about 3 inches right now. so hes still pretty tiny.
 
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If it looks like cottonwool then yes it is most likely fungus. Can you try and get it off by gently using a cottonbud to brush it off??? If not you will need to start saltbaths morning and night(12 hours apart) for no longer than 15 mins.
 
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thats the thing >_< ive got bad eyes so i cant really see if its like cotton wool. I did get some pics of the stuff on the top though so u guys can try to have a look. I'll upload them in like 10 mins. i gotta get them on my computer, but first i have to find my camera.
 
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Sorry its bad pictures, I circled it in one, And attempted to draw how the gill kinda curled My cam dosnt zoom in that far so it got kinda blurry but if i didnt zoom in you couldnt see @ all.
 

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Yeah.. bad pics :( cant really zoom in enough to keep it in focus, but still be able to see it, its also hard cuz i have to hold a flashlight, cuz theres no light in that side of the room, so i cant really hold a magnifying glass aswell. i can try but i dont think it'll work.
 
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hmm.. i was looking at his gillls while i was feeding him.. almost looks like its gone.. is it possible that maybe hes just changing color? kinda looks like hes getting silver spots over his gills. dosnt look like its really harming him, but eh, what do i know? im just a noob at this whole baby axie owner-ness :p
 
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