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12-04-2010, 11:31 AM | #1 |
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Help - Volitan Lionfish - Cloudy Eye
did some research on common causes of cloudy eye: stress - unlikely as it is the only fish in the tank physical damage - as mention above, it is the only fish in tank, unlikely due to fight nor rub against rock bacterial infection - possible cause, but what could have cause it? nutritional deficiency - daily feeding, with 1 cube size of EITHER frozen market prawn(50%) OR mysis(20%) OR silverside(20%) 2-3 live mollies OR ghost shrimp occasionally(10%) % in () shows the estimate frequency poor water quality - water parameter are as follows ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 30-40ppm pH 8.2, temperature 25-27 degree celsius what should i do now? thank in advance for your help Last edited by dnsfpl; 12-04-2010 at 11:32 AM. |
12-04-2010, 10:56 PM | #2 |
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Nutritional deficiency maybe a possbility here. You can try to vary the diet further by adding squid,fishmeat(in addition to the silversides, though fishmeat can get messy) to the diet. You can also look at enriching the food with additives like Selcon.
What is the tank lighting? I've read before it can cause cloudiness in lionfish eyes. If the fish is still eating, I would suggest maintaining or improving the water quality and feed a more varied diet as a first step. I dont really think water quality is the cause here, the nitrates shouldn't be too high for this fish. I've read of eye flukes before, it causes such cloudiness but I'm not certain if this could happen to saltwater fish. I only know it can happen to freshwater fish. Maybe introduced through the live molly diet? Again, I'm not sure if this disease exists for saltwater fish. Maybe you can checkout this thread on WWM as well: http://www.wetwebmedia.com/dwfliondisfaqs.htm
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13-04-2010, 12:01 AM | #3 |
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the problem now is its not feeding
will try to widen the type of food if it recovers 36w PL light, with white/blue tube, 4 hours a day intend to do a 20% water change tomorrow and maybe another 20% on thursday iirc FW disease will not affect SW fish frequent feeding is not advisable as it contain "fats" which is bad for the SW fish thanks for the link |
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hi bro,u can try using kent marine garlic xtreme reef depot sell them......u can soak or drip a few drop in ur aquarium water........ |
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13-04-2010, 12:56 AM | #5 |
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36W PL should not be an issue so I think we can safely rule lights out.
If its not feeding, that makes things a little trickier and we may want to look deeper into the causes. Doing water changes may help improve the situation. If the cause is bacterial infection - The bacteria could have been present in the tank all along. It could have struck when the lionfish's immune system got suppressed. FW disease are likely to not affect SW fish but its possible to have a SW version of the disease. This is much like how whitespot occurs in FW & SW aquaria but caused by two different parasites. Its possible it may have been brought on by flukes. Check out these references: Fish eye disease Flukes Here's a closeup of what I believe is a goby with eye flukes: Close-up of fish eye with flukes
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13-04-2010, 11:56 AM | #6 |
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i think you are right
not sure if i should continue with water change or do 10mins of FW dip thanks for the info |
13-04-2010, 11:12 PM | #7 |
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Cloudy or opaque eyes may be a symptom of a bacterial infection or exopthalmia, or it may simply indicate a deficiency in vitamin A. Improving the fish's diet and water quality may alleviate the symptoms without requiring medication...im not sure garlic helps with this....>>>??<<<<
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