Zebra Eel - Nasal infection?

[DB junkie]

I don't know what exactly is going on here. I don't think it's an injury but it's possible. It appears to me that the eel's nasal cavity is severely infected.

Can anyone give me any advise to remedy this issue?

 

[Zoodiver]

Looks like it might be a redness steming from a straight on impact. But that I just a guess. I've seen it on other species of eels... they bump into something hard, and the brusing is subdermal at first, but surfaces later as redness.

 

[DB junkie]

Thanks for the reply Matt. So if this is the case is there any precautions I need to take or just let nature take its course and it will heal in due time?

 

[BigJ]

TTT

 

[phillydog1958]

that's a beautiful eel i hope it clears up, what ever it is.

 

[RoastReef]

I agree it looks like it smashed in to a rock or something. I wouldn't do anything unless it starts to look worse. Just keep your water quality up and keep an eye on it.

 

[DB junkie]

Thank you for the reply. This has been ongoing for a while, and I'm not seeing signs of improvement. That's why I thought it might be an infection. I'm looking to rehome the eel and don't want it contaminating someone else's stock if it was to turn out to be a disease of some sort. Maybe I need to up waterchanges till I do see improvement. There is a large amount of rock in the tank and the tankmates are a few much more aggressive eels. Very likely it could be an injury.

 

[RoastReef]

That sucks it's not getting better. Is it getting a wide variety of food? I'm sure it is, I'm just asking because on another board somebody else was only feeding shrimp and once they varied the diet the symptoms they had (red spots on the body of the eel) cleared up in about a month. HTH and good luck.

 

[DB junkie]

Is it getting a wide variety of food? I'm sure it is, I'm just asking because on another board somebody else was only feeding shrimp and once they varied the diet the symptoms they had (red spots on the body of the eel) cleared up in about a month. HTH and good luck.

Eels are mainly fed squid along with shrimp, smelt, and assorted fish fillets (tilapia, salmon, pollock)

Still working on improving water quality.