Fire eel tank/ white fungus?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Discontinue the Fungas cure. You need to switch meds to Triple sulfa and add 1 tablespoon of salt per 5 gallons of water. This isn't fungus, the pics you posted earlier made me think that's not what you were up against, but I couldn't be sure. Set your temp to 75 degrees do a 75%water change add the salt and get triple sulfa. Act quickly. Drop temp, do water change, add salt get meds do it now. If you can't find triple sulfa use Furan-2 or Kanamycin. If you get Furan-2 or kanamycin they can safly be combined if it comes to that. The sulfa is easier on the fish so I went for that first but the other two are excelent also.
 
Sadly this is exactly what happened to my M dayi... and idk how to cure this. I do have a fire eel in my other tank that responded very well to the kanaplex but imo it really boils down to the fishes immune system and how fast you catch it... leads me to believe whatever it is, it is systemic in nature. I should have frozen my eel and tried to get UW- Madison to do a work-up ( at least i'de start there as they work with exotics a lot) But as it was hubby had to dispose of the body for me.

Once a spiney goes belly up ( most fish for that matter) its almost impossible for them to recover. I'm keeping my fingers crossed you figure this out.
 
I came back home with the triple sulfa and he went to a better place :( .Acting fast didn't last. Poor little guy. I took him out and still did a water change. So what's next. Shut the tank down and start it over, or treat tank with the triple sulfa?
 
I'm sorry you lost it. When Amy posted pics of her eel it looked like an Aeromonas sp. yours looked like Columnaris. At any rate Sulfa drugs are an effective treatment against either at a Ph over 7. Furan 2 is better at a Ph under 7 how ever there is an over lap of about 6.8 to 7.2. This is somthing to remember going forwrd, Furan 2 is better topically for Aeromonas while Kanamycin is absorbed and generally more effective for Columnaris, and since these bacterial infections are often hard to differentiate by the naked eye this can be an effective combination when unsure. It is also not uncommon for Columnaris to be confused as a fungal infection and is sometimes misdiagnosed in the early stages. Kanamycin can also be combined with Furan 2 and/or Metronidazole for a combination parasitic, fungal, & bacterial infection treatment. But I don't generally like useing a "shotgun" approch unless all other options have been exhausted.

I'm very sorry you lost your fish. Is the tank currently empty? If so You might want to tear it down clean it with bleach and water and start over. You will need to get a declor to nutralize any residual chlorine when done, I know you use don't need it currently. Again I'm very sorry and wish I could have been of more help to you.
 
Oh no, you've been a great help to Me! You gave me hope, and could use some. So thank you very much! There are two 10yr. Old bumblebee catfish in the tank. They don't seem infected and have been there since the beginning.
 
Thank you, still I hate it when some looses a good fish.

The tank is going to be your call. If you have a spare tank I would start over, if you don't Triple sulfa is safe for scale less fish used at half strength.
 
Yeah, this whole thing has been a huge dent in my fish keeping. once day I have a fine juvenile armatus and fire eel, three days later 4 fish have to be taken from the tank. I think its time for a fresh start and hope that I can get ride of this parasitic disaster that stressed me out. well on a last note, is there any house hold items good for cleansing fish nets. I don't want to transfer this thing to my big tanks. I don't mix nets with tanks but don't want to either. I have a feeder net and tank net for each of my tanks. Thank you Aquanero for your advice and guidance. although the fish are gone, nice to know that people on MFK have your back when you need it most!! Its what keeps me on the site for sure!
 
Thanks, MFK is a pretty good forum with a lot of very helpful and knowledgable members.

You can clean the nets with alcohol, Peroxide or bleach and water. All will be safe once rinsed and dried. The bleach and water soultion is very good but you should soak the nets in declor afterwards. The alcohol or peroxide just require rinsing.
 
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