recently i got a tsn catfish and he has developed these kind of white spots/ growths on his eye and body, he is on his own, tank parameters are all good and he is eating fine, wondering what you think it is/ how i should proceed with treatment etc, thanks
TSN with fungal infection?
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Andy Sager
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A picture would do better to diagnose your issue. Your description could be a few different things.
A picture would do better to diagnose your issue. Your description could be a few different things.
not the best pics sorry and its harder to see on his body, thanks
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Colin_T
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Hi and welcome to the forum
The white stuff on the eyes is excess mucous caused by something in the water irritating the fish. It can be ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, incorrect pH, or chemicals like medications, plant fertiliser, or something that is outside the aquarium (smoke, aerosol sprays) fumes from something).
Test the water, and do a 75% water change and gravel clean every day for a week.
Make sure there are no chemicals getting into the tank.
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BASIC FIRST AID FOR FISH
Test the water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH.
Wipe the inside of the glass down with a clean fish sponge. This removes the biofilm on the glass and the biofilm will contain lots of harmful bacteria, fungus, protozoans and various other microscopic life forms.
Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week or until the problem is identified. The water changes and gravel cleaning will reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and provide a cleaner environment for the fish to recover in. It also removes a lot of the gunk and this means any medication can work on treating the fish instead of being wasted killing the pathogens in the gunk.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added to the tank.
Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens so any medication (if needed) will work more effectively on the fish.
Increase surface turbulence/ aeration to maximise the dissolved oxygen in the water.
The white stuff on the eyes is excess mucous caused by something in the water irritating the fish. It can be ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, incorrect pH, or chemicals like medications, plant fertiliser, or something that is outside the aquarium (smoke, aerosol sprays) fumes from something).
Test the water, and do a 75% water change and gravel clean every day for a week.
Make sure there are no chemicals getting into the tank.
-------------------
BASIC FIRST AID FOR FISH
Test the water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH.
Wipe the inside of the glass down with a clean fish sponge. This removes the biofilm on the glass and the biofilm will contain lots of harmful bacteria, fungus, protozoans and various other microscopic life forms.
Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week or until the problem is identified. The water changes and gravel cleaning will reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and provide a cleaner environment for the fish to recover in. It also removes a lot of the gunk and this means any medication can work on treating the fish instead of being wasted killing the pathogens in the gunk.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added to the tank.
Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens so any medication (if needed) will work more effectively on the fish.
Increase surface turbulence/ aeration to maximise the dissolved oxygen in the water.
Hi and welcome to the forum
The white stuff on the eyes is excess mucous caused by something in the water irritating the fish. It can be ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, incorrect pH, or chemicals like medications, plant fertiliser, or something that is outside the aquarium (smoke, aerosol sprays) fumes from something).
Test the water, and do a 75% water change and gravel clean every day for a week.
Make sure there are no chemicals getting into the tank.
-------------------
BASIC FIRST AID FOR FISH
Test the water for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH.
Wipe the inside of the glass down with a clean fish sponge. This removes the biofilm on the glass and the biofilm will contain lots of harmful bacteria, fungus, protozoans and various other microscopic life forms.
Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week or until the problem is identified. The water changes and gravel cleaning will reduce the number of disease organisms in the water and provide a cleaner environment for the fish to recover in. It also removes a lot of the gunk and this means any medication can work on treating the fish instead of being wasted killing the pathogens in the gunk.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it is added to the tank.
Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. However, if the filter is less than 6 weeks old, do not clean it. Wash the filter materials/ media in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the garden/ lawn. Cleaning the filter means less gunk and cleaner water with fewer pathogens so any medication (if needed) will work more effectively on the fish.
Increase surface turbulence/ aeration to maximise the dissolved oxygen in the water.
thank you very much, i’ll try this, never had it before so was a bit confused but thank you for clarifying
