dwarf puffer fry has white "cotton" over his/her eyes

[lickerish]

This morning I got up and noticed one of the fry did not eat his worms with his brothers and sisters. When I looked closer his body was darker and it looked like he had miniature cotton pieces over his eyes. Yesterday he was normal. I immediately put him in a clear "net" that holds water and he was not moving as I am assuming he can't see anything with that stuff over his eyes. Does anyone know what that could be? He is about five months old and in a fry tank with many three month olds with a sponge filter and regular water changes (every two days) and any old food suctioned out daily ... should i worry about the remaining fry?

[bettalover2033]

actually is he out of the water and isolated completely? because the only conclusion that i can come up with is that he has Fungus and that is very hard to treat..anyway he has to be completely isolated away from the others or it will spread. also do you have any pictures? so i can clarify it.. i have had many bad experiences with fungus and its not pretty... worry about the other fry and get him out of the tank and in another one. if possible, get him in a gallon pot and treat him little by little take pictures okay thanx and i wish GOOD LUCK

[crazykiwi]

I agree. My betta just got fungus and I ran to the petstore to get him medication.
Its very likely that he has fungus, the best treatment is Jungle Fungus Eliminator which comes in a crystal form or API Fungus Cure which comes in drops.

Read the directions on the package and apply however many teaspoons of drops or crystals to the water.
Clean the water every 48 hours.
You should treat the fry but I think you should even medicate the other frys just incase because fungus is VERY contagious.

Isolate the fry into another tank and keep an eye on him.

Fungus usually happens due to stress. It might be the way you're cleaning the tank. It also occurs when there is poor water conditions but according to what you said, I doubt thats the case. He might just be over stressed because of the regular cleaning. Maybe cut it down to every 3 days. Over cleaning can be a problem for fishes because they naturally like bacteria.. though I'm not sure if puffer fry are very sensitive.

Take action quickly and medicate him ASAP. It can get really serious over a short period of time. I noticed my betta got fungus when I came home from school. This morning he was fine.

Gluck, and please do keep us updated.

[crazykiwi]

Oh, also, I suggest adding marine salt to your tank. I read that it speeds up the process.
Plus brackish water does make your puffers live longer and makes it healtheir so its a win-win situation when adding sea salt.

(Use salt that has no iodine in it.)

You should add I believe a teaspoon for every 5 gallons. Search it up though, I can not remember if I'm correct. But try to gradually add more. Get the fry used to the salty water.

[scryinginyou13]

I have three dwarf spotted green pufferfish, and they all have that cotton like spots all over them. I really need some help, I'm not sure if they should even be living together. I have had them for about... 2 weeks, and i have treated the water and put alittle salt in there, and I also have a filter. as a newcomer is there any help that someone can give me, some helpful little tips perhaps?

[crazykiwi]

Cotton spots are not a good sign. It means they have pretty severe fungus. I'm not entirely sure if you should be putting in salt with dwarf green spotted puffers.. I heard they can only survive in fresh water.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not entirely sure.

As for tips.. I'd say change the water every 2 days, do maybe a 20-25% water change. Use fungus medications and just keep watching over them.

I never treated puffers with fungus before so I'm not sure how much this can help... I'm sorry.

I'd say give them medication every 2 days as well or what your medication says.

If they all have spots, I don't why you cannot treat them all together. - Though again I'm not exactly sure if I'm wrong or not. I've only treated bettas who live in seperate tanks.

Good luck, fungus is quite hard to fight.. >.<