Clown cloudy eye help

[Lhop1980]

Ok so it looks like sometime during the course of the day my knife has developed a cloudy eye. Hasn't happened in years since I had him housed in a 55 gallon. Last time I just threw in some melafix and he cleared up. But now that he is in the 220, I dont know what would be the best approach. Will this clear up on its own over time? Does salt help? Here are some pics

 

[Juxtaroberto]

Yes, salt helps, but since this is a scaleless fish, you're gonna have to cut back on the dosage. I usually do 1 tablespoon for every 15 gallons with scaleless fish.

Bump the temperature up to 82, and if it's already near 82, to 84, and perform frequent water changes. I recommend 50% daily. Cloudy eye is usually poor water quality, so afterward you might want to adopt more frequent water changes.

Good luck.

PS: 220 is a lot of water. If you don't wanna use so much salt, reduce the water level to half, if your filters will allow.

 

[Lhop1980]

PS: 220 is a lot of water. If you don't wanna use so much salt, reduce the water level to half, if your filters will allow.[/QUOTE]

Great advice! I appreciate it!

 

[BODYDUB]

Cloudy eye is usually the result of bad water quality..........I'd stay away from salt since he's a scaleless fish. I'd put him in a hospital tank if you have another one with daily water changes. If not, then try to do lots of water changes on your 220, but that could be hard on the water bill.............

 

[benzjamin13]

Yes, salt helps, but since this is a scaleless fish, you're gonna have to cut back on the dosage. I usually do 1 tablespoon for every 15 gallons with scaleless fish.

Bump the temperature up to 82, and if it's already near 82, to 84, and perform frequent water changes. I recommend 50% daily. Cloudy eye is usually poor water quality, so afterward you might want to adopt more frequent water changes.

Good luck.

PS: 220 is a lot of water. If you don't wanna use so much salt, reduce the water level to half, if your filters will allow.

CKs are no scaleless fish. You can use the normal dosage with these guys. If the problem still persist...I've used API Tetracycline with good results.

 

[Lhop1980]

CKs are no scaleless fish. You can use the normal dosage with these guys. If the problem still persist...I've used API Tetracycline with good results.

Yeah i was going to say salt never seemd to affect them at all and that I didn't realize they were scaleless. Just real small scales. I do however have a rtc in the same tank so I did take the same precautions.

Thanks for everybodies help. He's pretty much back to normal now