geo with eye growth

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today I noticed their is a small raised white lump on the upper part of one the eyes of one of my geophagus "surinamensis." This fish and the 2 other geos he is living with are acting and feeding completely normal and perameters are fine and have been stable since I added these fish in november. I set up this tank pretty recently(in september) and it is a hex about 35-40 gallons. the other inhabitants are a clown pleco and an old female betta. the geos are in there temporarily until I set something up for them. onr of the other geos also seems to be developing these eye bumps too but are currently only a small amount of white coloration on the top of the eye. I have never seen this before and Im wondering what it is. any help is appreciated

oh by the why I dont have any pictures of it and I dont think I could get a good pic of it but I will try
 
allright here are some pictures I they are terrible but best ones I could get
its pretty hard to see
geoeye1pf0.jpg


geoeye2mj6.jpg


geoeye3xk3.jpg
 
is that like a raised bump or a cottony growth ? is the eye clear and healthy otherwise.

if a raised bump could be a soft tissue injury or a tumour of some kind. if cottony could be fungus.

treatment starts with pristine water; try and keep nitrates at 10 or below - hopefully you will see a quick improvement. If fungal and no improvement you would consider anti-fungal medications.

If its a tumour I don't know that it is treatable; you would just have to hope it is benign and not going to grow rapidly/at all much more.

can you test the ammonia, nitrite and nitrates with a good liquid drop kit ?
 
it is a raised bumb and it looks like it is developing on the other eye and on the other fish. I dont have a full test kit, but the tank has been stable as far as parameters and it doesnt look like fungus. I know this tank has a heavy bioload so I do more frequent water changes.
 
interesting that it is developing symmetrically both sides same site and on another fish; rules out soft tissue injury, and it doesn't apparently look like fungus, plus, a tumour would not be 'contagious' either accross from one eye to another or one fish to another.

I'm going to strongly reccomend that you get a good test kit - API liquid drop is great...eye issues are often a result of poor parameters especially high nitrates...for now do a daily water change 50% with a good conditioner - speaking from experience, don't underestimate the power of clean water and it may really help the fish...the other thing that comes to mind is parasites but I don't know of any that fit the bill here...perhaps someone more experienced can offer some views.
 
allright thanks very much for the advice. it is symmetrical as in same place on each side, but it is hardly noticable on the other side and on the other fish. I had some assorted liquid drop tests but they are mostly used up. I will have to just go get a master kit but man those things are expensive. thank you again
 
no prob - good luck with them. I would get going on daily water changes; for hard to diagnose problems it will never do any harm and can have surprising results.
 
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