clownfish went blind?

[arcab4]

i was babysitting a pair of breeding clarkii's for my friend.

last week i noticed the male not eating and actually never leaving the rbta it was hosting in. a few days later the rbta started to look pretty crappy..i was assuming due to the male clarkii who seems to be intent on swimming straight into it's mouth continously.

so last night i removed the rbta to see if i could heal it w/o the male irritating it. soon after that, i noticed something strange. the male clarkii was swimming around as if it was blind. it would bump into rocks..get stuck between rocks and overall just swim like he had no idea where anything was.

it's quite sad...but it can't seem to find the food i am feeding and i'm not quite sure what to do with him now. i feel the end might be near for him if he can't eat or see where everything is.

anyone had any experience with clownfishes just going blind? i checked the gill area for any infections on it or on it's body..but nothing seems out of the ordinary. the female clarkii is fine as along with all the other fish in the tank.

thanks,

 

[Stichodactylidae]

Check your temp fluctuation.

Marina

(Oops, posted from my husband's account)

 

[ezhoops]

Blindless happens with A. latezonatus and no one really knows why. I haven't heard of it happening with clarki though.

yeah Marina P would probably have a better answer.
sorry