Found a one-eyed fish in a washroom mall.........

[PSpades]

So I just got back home from a mall..when I went inside the washroom there was a small container with a black moor inside. Poop was accumulating and it was just abandoned there. I decided to take it home with me and I noticed on the way back that it's missing an eye. There's no blood but there's white stuff in the center of the socket, it looks like fungus to me. I've never had to deal with a fish losing its eye..let alone having fungus in there..any help please?

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[mdwflyer]

You found an abandoned one eyed fish in the bathroom of a mall??

[monkE]

You found an abandoned one eyed fish in the bathroom of a mall??

lol my thoughts exactly!

I have no idea what to do with this guy, glad you grabbed him though, definitely better chance with you than in that bathroom! do you have a quarantine tank by any chance?

[PSpades]

Yeah I know right?? I actually wouldn't have noticed it if it wasn't for this girl standing behind me in line that pointed it out to her friend. I later went into a store in the mall and saw that it had a goldfish tank..how horrible, it looked like a 30 gallon and it housed six 9" goldfish and a smaller black moor..identical to the one in the washroom..there isn't a pet store in the mall either so I wonder where my handicapped fish came from..
Yes, I'm drip acclimating it right now. Any suggestions on the fungus though? I'm not even 100% it is fungus but it looks like it, unless there's a white worm in the socket..ew. I can treat it with maracyn but don't know if it's okay since the eyeball part could be sensitive..o_o

[neven]

i would say salt the water and slowly up the temp to 26 C help the fish fight off infection. Tea tree oil wouldn't hurt aswell

[Momobobo]

How very strange and sad...the owner could have at least euthanized it humanely instead of letting it die choking in its own waste.

I would do a salt treatment, higher heat, and maybe some melafix.

[neven]

lol momobobo, we're on the same page here :P

[Momobobo]

Damn't, got Ninja'd

[Arcteryx]

That's the weirdest story I've heard all week - damned lucky for the goldie that you came by to its rescue. Well done!

[PSpades]

That's the weirdest story I've heard all week - damned lucky for the goldie that you came by to its rescue. Well done!

lol only for the week? you must hear a lot of strange things then