Fungus taking a awhile to clear

[Tea Addict]

Hey, excatly a week ago I noticed my male whild type Grrbo has a fungus growth on the end of his tail. Closer inspection showed that his tail was a bit torn so I suspect my female of biting him because she bites alot of things and has nicked his tail before but the tip just grew back with no problems. This time it looked like it has been infected and the cut wasnt so clean.

I have been following the salt bathing tutorial but its been a week and there is still some fluffy bits on his tail when I go back to him in the morning. It doesn't seem to be spreading and he's eating and pooping just fine but for some reason it's still hanging around. Any advice? Is this normal?

Oh I should also add that my female in the main tank is fine and has not been suffering from fungus and the water parameters are normal.

 

[PatchworkClocks]

Are you sure it's fungus? A picture would be very helpful.

 

[auntiejude]

Sometimes dead skin or new skin can look a bit pale and fungus-like - a picture would be helpful.

 

[Tea Addict]

I will post a picture tomorrow as I don't have a pic of the fungus- the incident before happened about 4 months ago so its not new skin. What came off his tail was white and fluffy and after a few strokes with a cotton bud came right off and floated around in the water. There will probs be some tomorrow but will keep this updated.

However this is a picture of his tail when I first poked off the first lot of fungus.

 

[Tea Addict]

Actually today there wasn't any, maybe its clearing up at last! I was concerned it had been taking longer than expected.

 

[auntiejude]

TBH that photo looks more like flaking dead skin than fungus. There may well have been fungus to start with, but if it's gone keep up the salt baths for 2 more days.