I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

im thinking some kind of fungus or something

but hair is growing on the side of his face

i dont know what to do...

its a white fish growing white hair... its soooo weird...

i've never seen anything like this...

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

This could be a fungus, but it could also be a bacterial condition called Columnaris. You can usually tell the difference because Columnaris has a more circular outline while fungus is irregular. One of the best medications for Columnaris is Nifurpirinol. See if your fish store has Furanace or Binox, both of which have this as an ingrediant.

The fungus usually only attacks a fish as a secondary infection, if the fish is weakened, or has an injury.

See this link for more info about both conditions (the fungus is called Saprolegniasis in the link): http://www.fish-disease.net/diseases.htm

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

Sounds like a secondary fungal infection. Treat with Mardel's Maracyn Two.

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

it sounds like ick. go to a local pet store and ask for fugus treatment or better yet medtcine for ick.

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

I have to agree with copperhead and fivespeed. It is NOT ick. Ick looks like little grains of salt on the body of the fish. Sounds like Columnaris or a fungal infection. Do you recall if the fish had a wound where the "hair" is growing now? If so, another possibility, though remote, is Saprolegnia, a water "mold" that is actually a type of protist.

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

he's going to die. My fish had this before and he died within half a day. It's definately fungus. Get him out of the tank if you have other fish! This is a serious illness! Get some medicine from a petstore, or just sadly, watch him die. Everybody dies eventually......

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

go to the vet

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

It is probably mold, i would clean the tank and see if the furr comes off the fish by trying the scratch it of gently, it it doesnt then this fish might be growing a moustache, lol. good luck

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

what the heck

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

IT HAS ICK IT A FUNGAL DISEASE GO TO THE PET STORE AND THEY HAVE MEDICINE FOR IT

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

It sounds like a case of ...Ick....! You can ask the fish manager at the store where you got the fish what to do, but another thing is.......change the water, get the temperature up to 83, turn OFF the light (Ick needs light to grow), and when the fish starts to look better, clean the tank really well, again. Keep doing this til the fish is well. This works better than the Ick meds that you can buy.....they "dye" the water, and everything in it!! Good luck

I have a fish and hes growing a ball of hair on the left side of his face!! what the heck!!?!?!?

It's hitting puberty, leave it alone.