fish eye getting cloudy?

frozenguy

frozenguy

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sorry, i would take a pic, but my friend has my digital camera.
my fish has one eye that just looks fine.....well, perfect actually, but the other eye is grey, cloudy, glossy, mainly on the perimeter but kind of going towards the middle in some areas.... it might be more puffy too but i'm not so sure....seeing as though she oddly doesn't show that side to the glass too much...can anyone tell me what this could be caused by and by far more importantly, how to take care of it and later on, prevent it from hapening again? thanks....btw, its only 1 fish....
flame angel
nitrites-0
ammonia-0
nitrates-(5-10)
ph-8.3
salinity-1.023
temp-(78-80)
thanks.....
ps- any chance this could be the job of another inhabitent of the tank?
 
barracuda

barracuda

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Well, cloudy eye is usually a secondary infection. How old is your tank? How long time do you have this fish? Was your fish quarantined to acclimate, before being introduced into your system (main tank). Few years ago i had a fish with one cloudy eye and one pop eye. It was cured with Melafix pretty fast.
 
frozenguy

frozenguy

Member
the tank is about a month old....i went through my whole cycle pretty fast.... i dont have a quarintine tank yet so no, it was not quarintined, i did however float if for about 20 min. then i put some water in the bag and let it sit for another 10 min, did that 3 times, then put her in....
 
barracuda

barracuda

Active Member
The wrong thing you did, is you have chosen Flame Angel as your first fish after cycling. This fish MUST not be the first, even second. Only well matured systems should start with this fish. Your water chemstry is changing and stabilizing for about 8 weeks. This fish is very sensitive. I'm sorry to say but you can loose this fish. You have to start quarantining this fish. Now, look close to the fish body and fins... do you see any white spots???
 
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