Cichla with a WHITE EYE HELP ME PLEASE!!!!

[bOOsteN aUdI]

never do water changes and change filter media at the same time.. you may get an ammonia spike..

that is really a white eye... similar looking diseases are caused from high nitrates... you need to do a large water change.. like 50-60 percent and then everyday do a smaller 15 percent water change each day until your water parameters are back in check... i don't recommend any chemicals but someone else my say melafix .. if you do use it then i recommend half the dosage. also make sure he eats well but i don't know if you can save that eye.

 

[BPags52]

Sorry for your loss man, thats always painful...

Glad to hear the cichla is eating, that has to be good.

 

[crowconor]

quarintine tank would be best...then bump up temp to 88 then salt and lots of water changes

 

[Tongue33]

i would do a much larger water change.. like 50% and i would add salt and i would clean out the filter media.. ASAP. actually, not in that order.. filter media first, water change second, salt last.

and i would do the water change and salt every day or every other day until the fish recovers. or at least heals.. usually once their eyes get that bad they are too far gone and they will be blind in that eye.

never do water changes and change filter media at the same time.. you may get an ammonia spike..

that is really a white eye... similar looking diseases are caused from high nitrates... you need to do a large water change.. like 50-60 percent and then everyday do a smaller 15 percent water change each day until your water parameters are back in check... i don't recommend any chemicals but someone else my say melafix .. if you do use it then i recommend half the dosage. also make sure he eats well but i don't know if you can save that eye.

with the above

Also did you get a pic of the Cat? How did it look?

 

[$INI$T3R]

with the above

Also did you get a pic of the Cat? How did it look?

I didnt... He looked really bad though... This is what blows my mind..... I get up every morning and feed my fish about 0445.... They all looked fine.... I come home eat and at 1645 my LSN is dead, and my most colorful beautiful has a white eye.... I dont understand.... I know the 4 line pim i have has been chasing the LSN, but i didnt think it would kill him. Plus the pleco ate on him also.... SO he looked really bad...


On another note, Should i Do the water changes even though im adding melafix? Thanks

 

[BPags52]

On another note, Should i Do the water changes even though im adding melafix? Thanks

I don't really know what I'm talking about, but I would continue the water changes, and just add a little melafix after the wc to make sure you didn't remove most of it.

Did the pleco mess with your LSN while it was still alive? (LSN means lima shovelnose cat right?) Or just after it was dead?

 

[Marius]

Ok,

So i come home from work and what do i see...... My 8" LSN dead at the bottom of my tank.... and THEN i see something isnt right with my 4.5-5" Mono... HIS FRIGGEN EYE IS WHITE!!!! WTF is this?????? PLEASE help me In am FLIPPEN FREAKEN OUT!!!!! What have i done wrong????? Everyone seems to be swimming around just fine... I did a 25 percent water change just now and added salt... WHAT ELSE DO I DO???? Um the little guys have a few small fin tears, but nothing to drastic....

I can still see his eye under the white ( like the pupil i can still see it)

PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!

That looks to me as more than just a reaction to poor water quality. Is that a large bolder you have in there?!? Especially in the last 3 pictures you can see that the rock is a little jagged. The bottom left of the eye looks like it's drooping. I really hope I am wrong and it won't loose the eye, but it looks to me like a nasty scratch on the film.

Here's something to read if you want

• http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/fish_diseases/eyes.html

 

[$INI$T3R]

That looks to me as more than just a reaction to poor water quality. Is that a large bolder you have in there?!? Especially in the last 3 pictures you can see that the rock is a little jagged. The bottom left of the eye looks like it's drooping. I really hope I am wrong and it won't loose the eye, but it looks to me like a nasty scratch on the film.

Here's something to read if you want

• http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/fish_diseases/eyes.html

Thanks i wonder wich one mine has. Im going to go home and remove all the rocks with any sharp ends. (i didnt even think about that). If it is a scratch what do i do then?

 

[Marius]

Thanks i wonder wich one mine has. Im going to go home and remove all the rocks with any sharp ends. (i didnt even think about that). If it is a scratch what do i do then?

Same steps, just a little more serious. Depending on how deep, long the injury is the fish might or might not loose the eye. Sorry for being so vague, but the steps are the same: salt, meds and water changes. That's all you can do, it's just that I couldn't recognize it as a disease, or as the result of poor water quality. When I saw the bolder, my first thought was "scratch".

Keep us posted, and make sure your water is pristine.

 

[BPags52]

Update? Hows it doing?