Fire eel EMERGENCY

[n-e-w-land]

Hi there,
Two days ago I introduced a fire eel to my 160 gallon tank, the journey was quite long, around 2 hours and he then jumped onto the floor when I arrived home and I stupidly took a few seconds catching him which probably didn't help. Before all of this after the journey a white film had formed over his eyes making him presumably blind (hopefully not permanent?) Also his nose/mouth had become slightly white and bent over.

I have checked on him today and he is breathing fairly rapidly and a large white fungal growth has formed over his nose area.

Im a really worried about my eel and would like some advise as to what to do from here.

Thanks Jake.

 

[Ric Foster]

Raise temp and add aquarium salt. A pic would help.

 

[n-e-w-land]

Sorry cannot get a good pic at the moment as the lights in the tank are off and i dont want to stress the little guy out any further. Do i need to seperate him or will the move make things worse? Thanks.

 

[DustMite]

I have had the same thing happen to me... Add Salt and some Stress Coat if you have some. My eel jumped out and all of his slime coat came off like a snake shedding. 3 days later he was back to normal