Large White Spot on Discus Head????

[Mikielh1984]

Yesterday I saw a small white dot on my largest discus. Today when I got home it had grown insanely large. I will add pictures after this post.

DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE

Problem

1. Please explain the problems with your fish/when and how they started

Noticed small white spot on head yesterday, got home and checked tonight and it was huge!!! Just got over fighting cloudy eye.

2. Symptoms (i.e. turning dark, excess slime, not eating, clamped fins, flashing, darting, clamped gills, white/yellow/green poop, hiding, headstanding or tailstanding, white on tips of fins, rotting or fungus, blisters/ white zits on fish, bloated, cloudy eyes, wounds)

None other than the large white spot on head. All other discus seem fine.

3. What medications/ treatments that you have already tried and results. Include dosages and duration of treatment.

Was using Maracyn-2 to treat cloudy eye. Done with treatments now.

Tank/Water

4. Tank size and age, number and size of fish

80 gallon, 6 Discus, All discus 4.5" or above, Largest is 6.5"

5. Water change regime/ how long has tank been running/ bare bottom or gravel/ do you age your water?

Weekly WC of 50%, Tank has been running for a little over a year, gravel tank, No

As of recent though for cloudy eye I have been doing them daily.

6 Parameters and water source;

- temp 82 F

- ph 7.6

- ammonia 0 PPM

- nitrite reading 0

- nitrate reading .5

- well water No

- municipal water Yes Burbank,CA Area

7. Any new fish/plants added recently

New Pigeon Blood Discus about a month ago. Was QT for two weeks prior to adding to tank.

[Mikielh1984]

Here are the photos.

[Mikielh1984]

Here is another.

[Chicago Discus]

Weekly WC of 50%, Tank has been running for a little over a year, gravel tank, No

As of recent though for cloudy eye I have been doing them daily.

Keep this up and if you can send a photo so we can take a look at the white spot.

municipal water Yes Burbank,CA Area

IMO you should start aging your water in a separate container as to not get PH swings.

Was using Maracyn-2 to treat cloudy eye. Done with treatments now.

Get your water aged and if you want to use the Maracyn-2 try using both 1 and 2 together I have had good results using them together.....Josie

[Chicago Discus]

Didn't see the photo until after the post looks like ich to me up your water changes with aged water should clear up fine.....Josie

[Mikielh1984]

Didn't see the photo until after the post looks like ich to me up your water changes with aged water should clear up fine.....Josie

Do you think that is a bit large for ich? It is nowhere else on the body. This is also a 6.5" discus. That spot is about 1/2" at this point.

[TNT77]

Looks like hith or it banged itself up good on the wood.

[Chicago Discus]

Do you think that is a bit large for ich? It is nowhere else on the body. This is also a 6.5" discus. That spot is about 1/2" at this point.

From what I can see looks like a fungal infection..Josie

[Chicago Discus]

Can you get a photo head on so I can see better...Josie

[Mikielh1984]

From what I can see looks like a fungal infection..Josie

I just gave a 5-day dosage of Maracyn-2. Wouldn't that have prevented this?

[Chicago Discus]

I just gave a 5-day dosage of Maracyn-2. Wouldn't that have prevented this?

Its hard to tell exactly whats going with the fish but If its a fungal infection from a scrap or a bump like Tara said then no if it happened after the treatment.....Josie

[Mikielh1984]

Thanks so much. I will pick up some more medication tomorrow and keep up the water changes.

[clairel]

i have successfully used polysporin. it might sound a bit drastic but my rationale was 'drastic measures for a drastic situation'. it worked. I would rather use a topical ointment (where possible) than have my fish injest the medicine.

[Mikielh1984]

Update:

Water changes weren't working and he stopped eating. Moved him to a hospital tank and have been treating with Tetracycline.

After 24hours fungus has started disappearing. Discus is still acting weak and isn't interested in food but I will keep him in the QT for a while and hopefully nurse him back to health.

Here is how bad the fungus got:

[Mikielh1984]

Here is where the fungus is as of today. You can see how it is breaking up and starting to disappear.