Cloudy eye...

[retiredrunner]

Hey guys I havent been on in a couple of weeks because my laptop died. I got a new one today so hopefully I ll be around more. My mono has something that appears to be cloudy eye. I ve been using melafix for the last week and so far I havent seen any sign of improvement. Ive had the fish since september and he is in a 55g with a pleco of equal size. Any ideas on treatment would be helpful. My water params all seem fine and my temp is 84 degrees. Thanks.

[w3arB3aR]

how often do you do waterchange?

[fishnutham]

cloudy eye can be caused by internal bacteria and water table bacteria get some medicated food treat all fish if you can and buy a uv sterlizer has worked well for me have never found a product that clears up water table bacterial probs without wiping out everything benificial..

[PhoMan]

I don't know if there's a co-relation between your case with mine. There was a time when I got very busy with other things and I ended neglecting my flowerhorn's tank maintenance. no water change, etc. the result was my my FH's eyes got cloudy and started to pop out/swollen. Fortunately for me I noticed the problem soon enough and was making changing the water every other day about 20-25% each time. after a couple weeks the eyes cleared up and the swelling was reduced. I also reduced the feedings of my fish during this time fearing exessive food can foul up the water. Good luck.