White eyes

[Askaleymanfish]

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Anyone no what this is my bowfin has it 2 of my gar, and several bichirs. The fish r in 2 diff tanks and showing the same white eyes. The gar slime coats r also white
Ammonia 0 both tanks
Nitrite 0 both tanks
Nitrate 10 ppm and 15 ppm
Ph 7-7.5 both tanks

 

[Askaleymanfish]

Bowfin is also not acting normal from it

 

[Askaleymanfish]

Also just did a wc and added salt sunday

 

[duanes]

Looks like a bacterial infection.
What are the water temps in the tank?
Bowfin tend to get bacterial and fungal infections if water is kept too warm, (especially if they are a northern variant).
Being a temperate species they also need winter cool downs to remain healthy, a Florida variant might only need a drop only into the 60s,
but the type where I lived in WI might require cool down temps into the 50sF,
For my temperate water species, I would put them in a kiddy pool on the floor of an unheated basement in winter where temps would drop to slightly below 50 in the dead of winter, and thennot feed from the end of Dec, thru Jan Feb andante Mar.

 

[Rocksor]

I would do a methylene blue bath and have kanaplex and furan-2 ready on hand in case of a progression of a bacterial infection. I had a fish that first got cloudy eyes while in quarantine. This progressed into columnaris within 24 hours. I didn't have meds on hand except for erythromycin, which did not have an effect.

 

[Askaleymanfish]

Looks like a bacterial infection.
What are the water temps in the tank?
Bowfin tend to get bacterial and fungal infections if water is kept too warm, (especially if they are a northern variant).
Being a temperate species they also need winter cool downs to remain healthy, a Florida variant might only need a drop only into the 60s,
but the type where I lived in WI might require cool down temps into the 50sF,
For my temperate water species, I would put them in a kiddy pool on the floor of an unheated basement in winter where temps would drop to slightly below 50 in the dead of winter, and thennot feed from the end of Dec, thru Jan Feb andante Mar.
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It’s one from fla. but I don’t think it’s cause of the temp cause a couple gar and a few bichirs have it as well but the bowfin has it the worst