peacock eel fungus

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hello my name is james and I own a peacock eel just the other day he was playing and trouncing around his 75-gallon tank when I noticed he had a fungus like substance on his tail. I would greatly appreciate some help on treating him before i start just treating him with a whole bunch of online solutions I found.
he is in a temporary tank all by himself at the moment
 

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What are your water parameters. Most medications that are said to treat fungus do not actually treat true fungus. I can recommend some fungus treatments but they are Ph/ GH specific.
 
Hi and welcome to the forum :)

It could be excess mucous but looks a little red under the white stuff. Check the water quality for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and pH.

Add some salt. If the water is good and there's no improvement after a week of salt, post more pictures.

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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), swimming pool salt, or any non iodised salt (sodium chloride) to the aquarium at the dose rate of 1 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres (5 gallons) of water. If there is no improvement after 48 hours you can double that dose rate so there is 2 heaped tablespoons of salt per 20 litres.

Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, Bettas & gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.

The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria, plants, shrimp or snails.

After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.

If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.

When you first add salt, add the salt to a small bucket of tank water and dissolve the salt. Then slowly pour the salt water into the tank near the filter outlet. Add the salt over a couple of minutes.
 
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