Look what I woke up to, Any Ideas?

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matthew112687

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When I woke up this morning, my O had this white looking growth on its eye lid. Ive never seen this before, so Im hoping someone here has. Nothing new has been added to this tank other then some water sprite. I feed NLS and Hikari pellets, Temp is 79 F, the water is: Ammo, 0 Nitrite,0 and Nitrate is 10. I tested the water before I went to sleep last night. And I change 20-25 gallons of water MWF, its a 90 gallon. If I left out any info let me know.

Heres some pics

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He is acting normal this morning, I just dont want my JD to get this, and right now I dont have a QT tank bigger then a 10 gallon. Any clue of what this is? Im going to do my water change as I normally do this morning, but add a little more salt, other then that IDK what to do. Any ideas?
 
Raise the temp a bit.
The water in your pic looks pretty cloudy. When was the last WC?
 
johnptc;898690; said:
maybe something related to popeye

looks like a zit... try popping it
 
:barf:
 
santoury;898278; said:
Raise the temp a bit.
The water in your pic looks pretty cloudy. When was the last WC?

Before the first pics, friday. I also did one today.

Whatever it was, it popped. Other then raising the temperature I was planning to add salt on my next WC which is Wednesday. Any other ideas? He is acting perfectly normal, eating well, and being clumsy like always.

Heres a few pics.

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I looked up some pics of popeye, and I didnt see any pics of anything like this. So I have no clue what this is :confused:
 
You can treat by keeping the temp up above 80F and adding salt at a tblspn/gal to fight secondary fungal infections. A broad spectrum antibiotic (erythromycin) will aid in treating any remaining bacterial infection.
The Os pupil and iris looks clear. Os can easily scratch their eyes on any sharp objects in the tank. You might want to look for probable risk decor and rethink them. Good luck for a full recovery.
 
The fish has/had a cyst, you should treat the fish with an anti external and internal bacterial med like Pimafix as the vast majority of cysts are bacterial infections.
 
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