eels white eye

[eel named hiedi]

please Im desperate for advice. Banded eels eye is white not cloudy but snow white, blind white she lets the food on my stick hit her in the face if that eyes facing me. Its been 3 weeks or so!! we have a 100 gallon tank with only a hermit, and a 14 inch bat fish and eel. I know not enough critters but we love are three-some so much that were terified to currupt the tank with poss. desease infected fish I know "BORING"!!! We also have a rappent red-violet algae growing and dark purple on the coral pieces that we cant get rid of.But our fish are growing,eating and have had for over a year now. Tanks been estalished for 2 years this summer.
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[aquaman2]

well just because it refuses to eat dosent make it blind does it have a infection?. Eels can go a long time with out feeding, i would try some squid they cant resist that stuff, and for that red algea it might be red slime a type of bacteria.

 

[pancho]

well before its to late you might want to treat the entire tank if you don't have a hospital tank already set up. use some salt water copper safe and see what happens. please keep us updated.

 

[grouperhead]

I'm moving this to the disease forum, you will get a lot of good replies there.Bo

 

[fmarini]

Hi:
No offense, but eels have the poorest vision of almost all fish. You have to bump food into their noses to get them to eat. My feeling is you need to read up on how to care for this creature, and that the eel is prolly fine. My zebra morays went for 12weeks w/o eating. I feed thise eels use a feding stick, try grocery store bought gulf shrimp w/ shell on, crab, scallops, squid.
Also you mention a nice carpet of cyanobacteria which mean you have suspect water quality. I wouldn't worry about th lighting (althou this can hellp) i would concern myself w/ doing more frquent water exchanges. Cleaning the system more frequently (since this appears to be your biofiltration-be careful not to wash the filterpads), and keep an eye on what your puttin into thtank

 

[eel named hiedi]

hiedi died on 4-27-02 a week after her other eye turned white. her side looked like it had a whole in it also not sure how??? Doubt crab got her postmortem it looked to clean for a claws work ?????im heart broken any suggestions to my user name i should change it now??