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	Tang with cloudy eye
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	My yellow Tang got a cloudy eye on it's right eye...but the left stay clear and healthy. I only got him for about a week and I don't think it had been staying at my lfs for long as well...perhaps within a week Anyone know what could be happening to him? ph - 8.3 ammonia - 0 nitrite - 0 nitrate - 5ppm specific gravity - 1.025 Last edited by Week End at 03-Oct-2004 07:05
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	It may have bumped it's eye on a rock or something. Is there any other sign injury? Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	not really...mmmm...maybe but I am not too sure...it's breathing rate seems to be a little fast compare to other fish...but he was like that when I got him already
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	Water conditions can effect the eye like this as well. High ammonia coudl do it. Have you tested your water? Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	yea, I did, but there's no ammonia observed...as well as nitrite
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	Did you change anything in the tank, such as adding a lot of live rock? Anything that might have caused a new cycle? If it's not the case, then I will still lead towards an injury. Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
pmdaggett Enthusiast Posts: 191 Kudos: 169 Votes: 1 Registered: 25-Jul-2004	I have read from books that this "cloudy eye" is a bacteria infection in the fish. It also said the easiest way to treat it is to blend an antibiotic called tetracycline into frozen food. Around 100-250mg should be mixed in 2 ounces of food. It also says that this infection could be caused by poor water quality. I'm not saying yours is bad, but it might be a good idea to double up on water changes. I hope this helps.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Theaustralian Fish Addict Posts: 583 Kudos: 101 Votes: 0 Registered: 11-Sep-2002	I've used tetracycline before to treat a malawi chichlid before that had popeye. But that was in the water not soaked in food so i dont know how well that would work. Tetracycline elso kills beneficial bacteria so im not sure how that would effect a marine tank if it got into the water. If i remember correctly it took around two weeks to go down and that was with the meds in the water. So im not sure if tetracycline is such a good idea.. ~Scott
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
raider_fish Fish Master Posts: 1452 Kudos: 1340 Votes: 0 Registered: 02-Oct-2001	I would be careful adding any antibiotic to a reef tank. The reason live rock is so valuable is becuase of the bacteria that live on it. After all the money I spent on that stuff I won't add anything that might damage it. If you have a hospital tank that's the way to go. If not then do what you need to, just be careful. Raider_fish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
pmdaggett Enthusiast Posts: 191 Kudos: 169 Votes: 1 Registered: 25-Jul-2004	Agreed with Raider Fish. If you have a reef tank, or a fish and invertabrate tank with any live rock, its best not to add any chemicals or medications. These additives will kill live rock and inverts. That is why it is so imparitive to have a quarantine/hospital tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Week End Big Fish Posts: 414 Kudos: 436 Votes: 1 Registered: 16-May-2004	thanks for all the advice....now the cloudy has disappeared..maybe dthurs was right....just an injury. but I have another qz for all you fish guru's... sometimes it just like to swim around the tank in circle continuously. With the same swimming patter as well...like swim up then down at the same spots...and round and round the tank. What's an explaination to this behaviour?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
dthurs Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 4340 Kudos: 4170 Votes: 529 Registered: 18-Feb-2003	I would say pacing off it's terratory. Dan
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40


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