help!! cloudy eye

[mbeatrice]

my girlfriend has a blue acara that has like a white cloudy substance on covering one of the eyes. just wounderin what it could be and what would be a good treatment befor it gets worse .

 

[Loves severums]

water change i had a bichir that had that and all i did was some water changes.

 

[cichlidfish]

It could be a bacterial infection. just treat it w/ melfix (sp?).

 

[Deaths Sting]

Cloudy eyes is usually due to a pH in-balance, i.e. low Alkalinity. Alkalinity is ur buffering capacity for ur pH, without/low alkalinity nothing controls ur pH from swinging. causes a lot of stress for fish!

i would test the water and see what the KH and pH is and monitor it. i would also look at the filter and see if it needs service since build up of organic matter in the filter can also cause pH swings.

 

[mbeatrice]

thaks for the info everyone it seems to be clearing up.

 

[Deaths Sting]

thaks for the info everyone it seems to be clearing up.

that's great to hear!