EVERY ONE OF MY FISH HAVE 1 BLIND EYE... there not fighting. its just there eyes are turning grey.. my arrow pike and rockbass.... im starting 2 wonder if its a desease... any help would b apreciated... i know its not from fighting or bumping into anything... help
EVERYONE OF MY FISH HAS A BLIND EYE
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scurvey the dreaded pirate disease!!! Sorry couldn't help myself. Pictures would help, how do you know they are all blinded in one eye? what are the water parameters?
Piscine Tuberculosis can cause cloudiness in the eye. As it is happening to all of your fish, it would suggest that there is something wrong with the tank. If it is TB then you may have to strip the aquarium down and completely disinfect it before putting fish back in. You won't be able to get rid of it any other way.
Could be cloudy eye which is treatable with melafix. Dose according to tank size for one week, do a 25% w/c, then treat for another week. If you want to save some money, buy the saltwater melafix. Its simply more concentrated and has a defoamer, which won't hurt your freshwater fish. If you can find the professional strength, it comes in a gallon jug and is 5x stronger than standard melafix, which lasts a lot longer when you have monster tanks like ours.
It's important to know your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate readings, because if these are causing the cloudy eye in your fish, melafix isn't going to fix the problem unless you fix the water parameters. In fact, you'll just be wasting money, dumping in meds, and seeing things fail to improve or get worse. If you can't test tonight, just do a large water change and then add the melafix. However, I wouldn't ignore testing. I'd at least try and get it done at an LFS if you don't want to buy kits.