Datnoid's eye is white in the center????

[eklikewhoa]

Saw these last night and they are in fact in the pupil and not on the outer lens. It's a perfect dot almost and and within the pupil.

Interested to see if anyone has observed such happenings with their fish.

The incident I spoke to you about was caused by an extreme spike in ammonia from a failed shipment that left the colony of fish in a bag several days past it's due date and once brought back to health from dieing the eyes formed a white spot within in the pupil and it was obvious they were blind cause they could not sense movement outside the tank. If you put your hand into the tank they would react slightly to the movement. These fish eventually adapted to blind living and was able to feed based on smell but they could not live with any aggressive feeders.

 

[SickSauce]

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My buddies Tigers has similar Glare on eyes and Tigers do just fine. I got two 4" with same issue and with Clean Water it clear up. From the blind Tigers Ive seen, the pupils are completely a pale white color with small blacks dots on them

 

[Ade]

Cause??? Suggestions???

I had an indo with the exact same thing on both eyes. Purely on the inner pupil and beneath the outer lens.
It had had them since it was a couple inches big. At 8 inches they were still there. It didn't bump into things so I assumed it wasn't blind. It fed with no problems also.
There really wasn't anything I could do: meds or treatment wise.

When the fish looked directly at me head on , it did look wierd like it had bug eyes.
As long as its eating and acting normally, I seriously wouldn't worry.


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[Chris360]

Ok thanks guys, I'll keep an eye on them and see how it goes

 

[eklikewhoa]

I would try some live feeders or small fish to see if they react to them or is able to hunt them down.

 

[Excedrin102]

Or you can use Melafix as well for eye.


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[Chris360]

I would try some live feeders or small fish to see if they react to them or is able to hunt them down.

They seem to have vision, not sure how well though.

 

[Chris360]

Or you can use Melafix as well for eye.


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I'll look into it, thanks.

 

[eklikewhoa]

Make sure you increase surface breakage/agitation when using Melafix/Primafix.

 

[eklikewhoa]

Probably would suggest you pull the Dats out and into a qt tank for the medication if you decide to go that route due to your other inhabitants.