RE: [GSAS-Member] growth on eye pedicle, tank needed

["Holly" <holly@ourglasshouse.com>]

I don't know about Melafix but my Pimafix bottle says "Warning: This product
contains a chemical known to the State of California to cause caner or birth
defects or other reproductive harm."  Mmm! 

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Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 1:58 PM
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Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] growth on eye pedicle, tank needed

In smooth-skinned fish, I ve seen very bad reactions (turn over and look
dead until a big water change brought them back) to iodized salt, so I don't
use it or any forms of iodine with my fish.
I've used tea tree oil (in the form of "Melafix.") It acted like a mild
antifungal, but it did make the tank smell nice. Not sure if adding vitamins
directly from the water will help at all, I've never done that, I've mixed
them into food and fed that to the fish. Generally I dislike adding anything
to the water, I'm even unhappy about using dechlorinators but am resigned to
it.


>From: John Ruhland <john@drruhland.com>
>Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member 
>chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat 
><gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] growth on eye pedicle, tank needed
>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:20:54 -0800
>
>I used about that much salt for the past two weeks. I also added 
>Lugol's Iodine, Tea Tree oil, an anti-fungal oil, and Vitamins A,C,D 
>and E. Have you found iodine to be a problem?
>
>
>On Feb 27, 2006, at 6:54 PM, matt kaufman wrote:
>
>Let's  hope it isn't popeye. They usually don't recover from that. I 
>would be sure to have at least 1 tbsp/gallon of uniodized salt in the 
>tank to aid with healing. I've never found anything that could cure real
popeye.
>
>
>>From: John Ruhland <john@drruhland.com>
>>Reply-To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member 
>>chat<gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>>To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat 
>><gsas-member@thekrib.com>
>>Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] growth on eye pedicle, tank needed
>>Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:30:31 -0800
>>
>>Thanks for the input.
>>He was in with a much bigger cichlid that attacked him at his previous 
>>home. He had quite a few scales missing, and some deep scrapes on his 
>>side. His color has improved dramatically since then.
>>He seems to be feeling fine in his 10 gallon hospital tank. Susan was 
>>over and took a look today. She thinks he might have pop eye 
>>bilaterally. I think his eyes are very pronounced, but cannot tell if 
>>this is pop eye. He can see fine judging from his hiding from me. It 
>>is really cute that he hides behind a lava rock with a hole in it. I 
>>can see most of his body, just not his eye. Just like my child, if 
>>they cannot see me, they think I cannot see them.
>>John
>>
>>
>>On Feb 27, 2006, at 5:01 PM, matt kaufman wrote:
>>
>>Hard to diagnose remotely (a picture perhaps might help). It might 
>>just be healing from a scrape. If it's acting normally and not 
>>scratching at it by rubbing int rocks or whatever, it's probably fine. 
>>If the fish starts 'paying attention' to the growth it might be best 
>>to isolate it and figure out a treatment. WHen you say the fish was 
>>'near death', what was going on? Texas cichlids can be boisterous and 
>>being scraped up isn't unusual for them when fighting with other fish, 
>>or rocks, or heaters, or whatever they decide annoys them (fingers, 
>>glass walls, lids...)
>>
>>
>>.
>>>
>>>Also, a texas cichlid that I was given, and rescued from sure death, 
>>>is healing, but has a growth on the side of the structure that hold his
eye.
>>>It is pinkish, and looks a bit like a cocoon, or like what you get 
>>>when a wool sweater pills. It measures about 3 mm by 10 mm. Kind of 
>>>egglike or ellipsoid in shape. It has grown from about 1.5 mm by 6 mm 
>>>in about 2 weeks. It does not appear to be affecting his/her vision.
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>>John
>>>206-723-4891
>>
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