Clown loach with cloudy eyes

[jim barry]

Added a clown loach to a very well established tank with 2 other loaches and Ray's etc. New loach is about 5" and other 2 about 8". Didn't mean to add the new one to the main tank but he got out from behind a divider. Thought he would be dinner for the Rays but one week later and he is still fine hanging out with the other loaches and no problems from the Rays . However the new loach' eyes have gone cloudy. Eating and acting normal other than this. Tank temp is swinging due to cold weather and daily water changes for the Rays . Temp going from 82 to 79 everyday and wonder if this is effecting the new loach.
Anything else I can do for the new addition? I can't do a lot about the temp for now.

 

[FunWow!]

Added a clown loach to a very well established tank with 2 other loaches and Ray's etc. New loach is about 5" and other 2 about 8". Didn't mean to add the new one to the main tank but he got out from behind a divider. Thought he would be dinner for the Rays but one week later and he is still fine hanging out with the other loaches and no problems from the Rays . However the new loach' eyes have gone cloudy. Eating and acting normal other than this. Tank temp is swinging due to cold weather and daily water changes for the Rays . Temp going from 82 to 79 everyday and wonder if this is effecting the new loach.
Anything else I can do for the new addition? I can't do a lot about the temp for now.

I wonder if it scraped his eyes on something. Can you get a pic if possible?

 

[MHDevelopments]

Interesting Jim.
I know clowns like clean water and stable conditions but you have those without me asking, I doubt a three degree fluctuation would bother them much, imagine they have a bit of fluctuation in the wild between day and night.
When I had my rays I was doing a WC every day, filling straight off the cold tap through my HMA and my temp would drop more like 5 degrees, all my clowns have never shown any signs of cloudy eyes. Is it both eyes?

 

[jim barry]

Hi Mike yes it was both eyes and they seem to have cleared up since moving the loach to a smaller tank its stable temp. He may have got better without moving him but I wasn't prepared to take he chance and watch him and my tank get white spot.

 

[jim barry]

Interesting what you say about the temp though Mike. I may move him again into my pup tank where I can keep a close eye on him. He in a temp box tank at the moment with manual water changes which is a pain!

 

[MHDevelopments]

Interestingly last year I had two health incidents with two of my clowns, both fish between 6-8".
When I had the BD pups sectioned off from the larger Leopoldi, I'd made the divider out of poly carb and drilled lots of 11/2" holes for flow. One night I found a clown wedged hard through one of the holes, it had shed ALOT of slime coat and had a cut/damage all the way round it's body. I got it out with a Stanley knife and hoped for the best.
The second issue was one loach developed fin rot, rather badly. All the tail rotted away and then some of the dorsal.

In a nutshell I wrote them both off, thought they were goners. But they both made a full recovery over some weeks and I never treated or added anything to the water.

So to conclude, my point is that clown loach actually are very resilient fish and can bounce back from from pretty nasty health issues.
I'm not surprised yours is on its way to a full recovery and bright eyes once again.

All the best Jim. Now, let's see your clowns

 

[jim barry]

Hi Mike
Yes you are right that they are a very resilient fish. You read so many stories of white spot with these fish and I freaked out when I saw his cloudy eyes so decided to move him. This clown I moved also got wedged in a divider just like yours did. Thought I would have to cut him free but as I went to get the tools to do so, he dislodged himself. Tore his face up doing so and I thought that would finish him off!! But I put him in the hospital tank and a week later he looked fine. After I read your reply regards temperature I decided to move him back to the pup tank linked into the main tank water to see how he gets on with the temp swings. Stupidly I had him caught in a pipe that he lays in. As I moved the pipe across the room with the clown in, he decides to jump out an slam dunk himself into the hard floor from a five foot drop!! I thought to my self 'this guy is hell bent on killing himself'. Took me a few attempts to get him off the floor by which time he had lost most his slime coat. Literally picked him up and threw him in the water. Next day he swimming around like nothing has happened!
Crazy fish.

 

[convict360]

In my experience, clowns are a nightmare for whitespot whenever I first add them to the tank; especially at a small size, but once established they become quite resilient

 

[Woefulrelic]

Hi Mike
Yes you are right that they are a very resilient fish. You read so many stories of white spot with these fish and I freaked out when I saw his cloudy eyes so decided to move him. This clown I moved also got wedged in a divider just like yours did. Thought I would have to cut him free but as I went to get the tools to do so, he dislodged himself. Tore his face up doing so and I thought that would finish him off!! But I put him in the hospital tank and a week later he looked fine. After I read your reply regards temperature I decided to move him back to the pup tank linked into the main tank water to see how he gets on with the temp swings. Stupidly I had him caught in a pipe that he lays in. As I moved the pipe across the room with the clown in, he decides to jump out an slam dunk himself into the hard floor from a five foot drop!! I thought to my self 'this guy is hell bent on killing himself'. Took me a few attempts to get him off the floor by which time he had lost most his slime coat. Literally picked him up and threw him in the water. Next day he swimming around like nothing has happened!
Crazy fish.

This is a 10/10 use of slam dunk if I do say so.