pop eye

[trigger40]

while i was feeding my fish today my damzel came out to eat and i saw that one of his eyes was swolen and cloudy. he acts perfectly normal and looks normal except for the eye. i dont know what to do so any suggestions on what i should do.

 

[beth]

Post your water readings including pH, salinity, nitrates, ammonia, nitrites.

 

[trigger40]

PH: 7.8
salinity:28 ppt
ammonia:0.9
nitrite:20
nitrate:30

 

[trigger40]

oh and i did just clean out my filtert so that might be causing the slightly poor water conditions.

 

[beth]

Those readings indicate where your problem is. You have ammonia and nitrites, your pH is too low and your salinity is too high. Why are you having these problems? Is that usual?

 

[trigger40]

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Originally Posted by Beth http:///t/397725/pop-eye#post_3546146
Those readings indicate where your problem is. You have ammonia and nitrites, your pH is too low and your salinity is too high. Why are you having these problems? Is that usual?
the reason my ammonia and nitrites ar high is because i cleand my HOB filter. i have always thought that the salinity at 28 ppt is on the money, why has no one told me this i have anounced that thisa is what i keep it at befor. and i redid the ph test and its right about 8.3 i think i did it wrong the first time. this not what my tank is normaly at but when i cleand my filter the bacteria count was low so it takes a few days to get back to normal.

 

[beth]

Cleaning a fish tank should not result in spikes in ammonia nor nitrite. What filters do you have, water circulation, live rock, sand?

 

[trigger40]

i have 50 pounds of live sand about 40 pounds of live rock, i am working on getting a better powerhead the one i have right now is pritty crumy. i am also getting a wave maker. and i have a emporer 200 filter

 

[beth]

What is the size or you tank? Do you have a protein skimmer?

 

[trigger40]

its a 40 gallon fowlr and i do not have a protein skimmer

 

[beth]

I would work on getting a protein skimmer. It is very likely that your tank lacks good circulation throughout the system so ensuring that it does have adequate circulation will go a long way.

In the meantime, do some small water changes daily (that is not disruptive to the fish) to see if you can get water conditions back to a better place. Hopefully, improving water conditions will resolve the problem for you damsel.

 

[trigger40]

ok thank you!