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	Eyeless neon
Patchy Enthusiast Posts: 224 Kudos: 195 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Sep-2005	Hi everyone when i was floating the bag of neons i just bought i relised one has no eyes, at first i was gunna put him down. but thought i should ask weather this is wrong or not? will he be able to find food? seems to find thee school of neons ok. im unsure wheather he lost his eyes in their tank or while acclimtising
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
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Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	Eyeless fish are common. There are at least one or two of them in just about every shop (besides the fish that are meant to not have eyes), and they for the most part are perfectly healthy. Yours probably lost its eye while in the shop; predators and aggressive fish sometimes take out an eye from their targets without otherwise harming the fish. The affected fish will be able to live a normal life. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
JYJason Hobbyist Posts: 117 Kudos: 90 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Aug-2005	I rarely agree with putting down a fish, and have personally seen fish live without eyes. The fish will adapt to not being able to see eventually. I worked with an oscar that had no eyes that lived fine. However, it couldn't distinguish my hand from a feeder fish when I worked in the tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
Patchy Enthusiast Posts: 224 Kudos: 195 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-Sep-2005	thanks for info i was just afraid of him get a slow painful death like stravation or something similar...the other neons dont seem to mind him and he schools ok..unless the school takes of all of a sudden his right there with them
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:36
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	As long as hes feeding and swimming normally there is no reason to euthanise him.If he starts to starve you may wish to consider it. I might be tempted to check into whether a bacteria or parasite caused it , but aside from that, theres no reason to bump him off just yet. Flukes and protozoa , and localised infections from wounds can cause blindness in fish, not just predation or aggression. Last edited by longhairedgit at 12-Oct-2005 10:12
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