EowynJane Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 (edited) Just got home after a very busy day and turned on the lights of my cichlid tank for the first time today. One of my yellow labs had a cottony growth coming off of her eye, it looked like a mushroom cloud. She shook vigorously and the cloud part came off but there is still a stem like part on her eye. The cotton part I thought columnaris but with a stem? She's breathing quite heavy and didn't seem interested in food, none of the others seem infected. Which would be the best way to tell what kind of infection it is and what's the best way to treat? I do not have a hospital tank, the only thing I could use would be an empty 2.5g betta tank. Edited February 17, 2013 by EowynJane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGuppyGirl Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 http://www.google.ca/search?q=saprolegnia+treatment&hl=en&client=ms-android-sonyericsson&sa=X&source=android-browser-type&v=133247963&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=vE4gUYT7EoznigKw04GYAg&ved=0CD4QsAQ&biw=569&bih=295#i=62 Did it look like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 If you don't have a QT tank then just do lots of water changes on the main tank. Keep the water super clean and hopefully he can heal. Does the eyeball look damaged? Was this a injury that got infected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EowynJane Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 Superguppy- it looks very much like the third picture. It's a fungus then? Should I treat the whole tank? I have no idea if it was an injury. She seems ok otherwise and is eating now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EowynJane Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 And the eyeball looks intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 I would just keep doing water changes and keep the water as clean as possible. Should be able to heal on its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperGuppyGirl Posted February 17, 2013 Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 Its a fungus, just do as Val said keep doing WC to keep the water clean, maybe add some salt to promote healing. It will heal, she might have been bit or scraped on a decoration. The fungus is just a secondary infection from the wwound, showing her mucus layer sustained an injury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EowynJane Posted February 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2013 Ok, thanks much. There's lots of rocks in the tank, I bet they were chasing each other around and she got a rock in the eye... ouch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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