Why are datnoids susceptible to blindness?

[prskiller]

I see so many datnoids listed here as blind, partially blind or cloudy eyes. I understand blindness could occur from unmaintained water. Many of us take care of our tanks and have had datnoids get cloudy eye yet nothing happens to our other fishes in the same tank. I lost a few dats that started out with cloudy eye then the starvation mode. I suspected fighting among themselves and/or to heavy of a water change, about 70% (I was paranoid at the time, I normally do 20-33%). All my other fishes are doing fine and even my ngt who lived in the same tank. Water test was all 0 with 20-40 nitrate.

 

[arodini]

My dats are not blind, knock on wood! However, they blinded all my three pbass, and only one out of which has survived so far and grown very slowly due to lacking ability to get food...

I always do 50% w/c weekly.

 

[isde02]

I know my indo kept getting cloudy eyes and I realized that he was scratching his eyes on the slate caves I made for my bichirs, I removed the caves and it solved the problem.

 

[addisonlee25]

Mine was from fighting. The other datnoid i had would strike at its eye whenever they fought, eventually leading to a blind eye.


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[prskiller]

Mine was from fighting. The other datnoid i had would strike at its eye whenever they fought, eventually leading to a blind eye.


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Makes me think if that was the cause in my tank. Maybe dats naturally attack the eyes, dunno?

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[arodini]

Makes me think if that was the cause in my tank. Maybe dats naturally attack the eyes, dunno?

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I would agree to this

 

[addisonlee25]

I think fish in general attack eyes...


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