Fungus on eye, help.

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stipe

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HEy everbody,

My golden axie has developed some kind of fungus on her right eye. It sticks out abit and looks like the tip of a spermathore is attached to her right eye.

But the wierd thing is that I've been treating them wiht multicure for the past week so how could she have developed it?

Her left eye is normal but her right eye has the fungus thing on it. She is currently in a salt bath and i'll give her one later on in the day.

Any suggestions?
 
Doesn't multicure contain melachite green?
Melachite green is toxic to axies.

Maybe it has made they sick/weak which has lead to some sort of fungal infection.
 
Stipe, stop using that medication. That is probably what caused her eye to go bad. Get her out of her tank and into some fresh de-clorinated water and put her into the fridge.

Melachite green is toxic. Give her a salt bath twice a day for a few days and see if it improves, or you could just add a little salt to the container every water change.

If you don't have stress coat, I advise that you get some. It is the best De-clorinator and has aloe in it. It improves skin coat and helps to heal. Add an extra amount to her container water and this should also help.

Please keep us posted, I hope all will be well soon, and good luck
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I saw that it had melachite green in it but my axie was really sick so i had to use it. It contained 0.6mg of it so i thought it wasnt too much but it also contained methalyne blue ( if i spelt it right) i put 1/4 of the recomended dose just in case.

Im trying the salt baths and have given her one yesterday and planning on another in an hour, i have stress coat and i am using it,

thanks for the advice Rheann and Andrew.
 
Stress coat is great. I was using Amqual+ before, and then someone on this site, can't remember who suggested Stress coat.

Sometimes though they are out of stock in Stress coat at my local petstore, so I have to use Amqual+. If you ever find your petstore is out of Stress Coat, use Amqual as the back up.

Let us know how she does, Stipe, hope all will be well with her soon
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You can safely do salt baths three times a day if needed. You probably already know this though since you have been a member since september.

Just thought i'd post it in case any newbies have a read.

Don't think your the only one who has used a product with melachite green in it. I too used it before i knew any better. My axies are doing great now though.

Good luck with it. Let us know how it turns out.
 
Thanks for the support guys, im going to go to my pet shop soon and buy some proper stress coat ( the oone i have is mixed with my declorinater) and continue salt baths.

Would it be bad to have the stress coats in the tank or woudl that harm my other axie, (she currently isnt in isolation i dont have enought room but im thinkign of puting a divider in for the time beign) would it also spred to my other axie?
 
It could possibly spread.

See if you can find a spot in your fridge for her. A small container like an ice cream bucket or a food safe container is good to use. It will slow her body down and heal the fungus faster. Lol I could see why after the holidays you wouldn't have room in your fridge with the holidays over and all
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Fungus can spread if I remember correctly.

Can you post a picture of the eye?
 
Ok shes in another salt bath for the time bieng.

I really wanted to know if i could kind of surgecly remove the white stuff from her eye with like sterile equiptment etc?. Here a pic of what it looks like because my camera isnt good quality.

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I would not advise you to remove it your self. The salt baths should help for it to go away and also the cold water.

If you try and remove it your self, you may damage her eye, but hopefully Edward or Joan or Cynthia will see this post and give you further advise on it. you can try and email one of them to see what to do on it if they do not see this post.

By the way, that is a very good depiction of her eye. It looks pretty bad. I really think that the cold water and salt baths will help.

Good luck, stipe. Hope she gets better
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Thanks for the advice i might pm them if i have a chance.

I feel so bad like im doing somthing wrong becasue all ive done it take care of her and after i fix oen problem another rises. At least i saved her fro mthe pet shop and keeps my heart going to raise her for as long as i can.
 
when my axolotl had a fungus infection i got a cotton bud stick thingy and gently wiped it off and put her in a container with some stress coat, that seemed to do the trick.

for an eye though, that clear patch is a bit odd, you should just try and gently wipe the mucus bit with a cotton bud and see if it comes. axolotls can pull their eyes in so a swift clean wipe with a cotton bud/tissue will probably fix it without to much trouble. don't try to pull it. if it doesn't come then you have a problem which would require a vet to remove i think.
 
I tried the cotton bud idea the infection wouldnt move. The good thing is that it shrunk abit so its getting better.

I think wats causing my axies to get sick is the warm water and the little wate rchanges i do.

The water is a constant 23-25 decrese c and i do like a 10% water change basicly one a month or two. BUt my tank is always spot less so im not sure and my levels are all at 0 except for nitrate at 20.
 
thats your problem then... why do you not do them every week? i know you are a student, so am i (dont go to school anymore though), but when i did id dedicate a evening after school to do all my water changes etc. if you up your water changes to once a week i think you'll find her infection will clear up alot faster.

not doing water changes is like you being put in a room, with no windows open, no cracks under the doors- completly air tight and leaving you for a month or two. itd get pretty stale in there and wouldnt be too good for ya!
 
Is it Fungus for sure? Your axie couldn't have damaged its eye resulting in its body turning it white or something like that?
 
IT is fungus becasue the eye is still the same but you can see the added fungus at the top.

Ok you gusy told me not to use multicure so i went out and bought malafix, heres a pic, the active constituents are cajeput oil 9.23 g/l
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Is it safe to use? and do i half dose and should i repeat treatment until it is gone.
 
It is written up on www.axolotl.org as being safe but there is a bit of debate over it in this forum.

My opinion is that it is safe as i havn't seen any evidence to prove otherwise. Seeing as salt baths arn't working then you don't have much other option other than to try some type of medication. Also the fact that you live in Australia like myself i'm sure you would have noticed that you have absolutly no chance of finding any of the good medications such as Furan 2. Your only options seem to be Myxazin, melafix, methylene blue, and tri sulfa.

I have not used melafix in the past but i think you use the full dose in a hospital tank or tub or similar. Might be best to get the opinoin of someone who has used it before.

Good luck with it.
 
ive never had to use that on my axies but if i did i would be very iffy about it. just that fact that their skin is so sensitive and melafix irritates the wound into healing makes me feel sorry for them. it does however work wonders on a boisterous oscar!

some people have had success, some disastor so its up to you really...
 
ok thx guys for the advice, much appriciated, anyone know about its healing powers for parasites?
 
Search the forums for melafix. The oil in it is from Tea Tree oil for which there are multiple documented cases of toxicity and liver problems.

Damage to the eye can cause the same symptoms as you are describing, another possible cause that is seen in amphibians that have been fed a high fat diet is corneal lipidosis..
In other words there are multiple other potential causes for what you are seeing on the eye that are not fungal and may not be infectious so you may be treating the animal for a problem that you cannot cure with those treatments.
I would suggest getting a correct diagnosis from a vet to actual determine if it is a infection.

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