what wrong with my fishes' eye?
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Topic: what wrong with my fishes' eye?
Posted By: herrera
Subject: what wrong with my fishes' eye?
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 2:12pm
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Noticed his right eye has been kind of cloudy for a week, but today is cloudy, and enlarged! what is this? anything I can do to help him? http://s360.photobucket.com/user/1reggie9/media/0112151316b_zpskicv199n.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"> http://s360.photobucket.com/user/1reggie9/media/0112151316b_zpskicv199n.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"> ------------- 125g Aggressive tank SWC-Xtreme cone prtein skimmer 40g Sump ------------------------------ 16g Innovative Marine Reef AI led 75W |
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Posted By: herrera
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 2:14pm
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Posted By: LaRue
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 2:20pm
| Bubble eye. They sell medications for it I think that it is a type of bacterial infection. |
Posted By: herrera
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 2:31pm
| thank you! does he need to be quarantined? or can I just add it to tank? |
Posted By: LaRue
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 2:32pm
| Imo quarantine is always best if you have the capabilities. |
Posted By: AcroNem
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 3:17pm
| My majestic Angel had this same thing right after it was introduced. Cloudiness on one eye is usually caused from a kind of trauma/injury mine healed just fine on its own in about a week. I may be wrong though that's just what I've found from my research. Keep us posted if it spreads to both eyes. |
Posted By: Mark Peterson
Date Posted: January 12 2015 at 7:34pm
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I've found that using the Garlic treatment like this http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=71349" rel="nofollow - http://utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=71349 helps fish maintain their overall health while they kick the disease. I would try this for a week and see if it helps before trying to catch the fish and put it into quarantine. Aloha, Mark  ------------- Reefkeeping Tips, & quick, easy setup tricks: www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=9244 Pay it forward - become a paid WMAS member 
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Posted By: Pete Moss
Date Posted: January 13 2015 at 8:05am
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Common injury on triggers. They like to wedge into tight spaces in the rocks, this in my opinion looks like he just scratched his eye on a rock. Should get better over time, if it doesn't start clearing up in a week or two I would consider quarantine with an anti-bacterial. ------------- 125g 90g 2x33g 34g What stores do I recommend? Up North: Bill ( Saltwater Paradise 801-317-8115 ) Down South: Jerry ( Reef On 801-563-0600 ) Member of GCFB |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: January 13 2015 at 8:45am
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I have 2 anthias that just got this a week ago.... The eye got really big but with constant feeding it has started to go down and the fish is starting to become more active again. I would do what Pete said... keep an eye.... hehehe... no the eye .. . . and if its not getting better then you can try other things. J ------------- Next meeting: |
Posted By: herrera
Date Posted: January 13 2015 at 10:14pm
| thanks everyone! Just bought some garlic supplement today. hopefully he makes a recovery. |
Posted By: Pete Moss
Date Posted: January 13 2015 at 10:35pm
My anthias harem got the same thing when first introduced to my reef. They tried to fit into holes in the rocks they just couldn't fit in. The eye was so huge I had already counted my losses. Thing surprised me by making a full recovery in ten days. ------------- 125g 90g 2x33g 34g What stores do I recommend? Up North: Bill ( Saltwater Paradise 801-317-8115 ) Down South: Jerry ( Reef On 801-563-0600 ) Member of GCFB |
Jeremyw wrote:Posted By: phys
Date Posted: January 16 2015 at 12:58am
| Its a bacterial or fungal infection. Two things will happen, it will clear up and be normal... or it will get bigger and it will lose the eye. It may survive with only one eye but you'll need to make sure it gets fed well enough. Quarantining the fish and medicating it is the best option for the best results for the fish. |