reef safe meds for treating fish cloudy eye?

[jayb12]

thought it was a shot in the dark cause its such a pain to get fish out of a 250 gallon tank. my niger recently developed a cloudy eye.

is there anything out there i can treat within the reef or do i have to set up a quarenteen tank?
thanks.

 

[RBU1]

Nothing in my opinion will work....You can try the melafix crap if you want. My suggestion would be just to keep your water quality good and feed a good diet.......

 

[KingwoodMarcia]

Cloudy eye usually has to do with water quality and/or poor diet, or it could be flukes. but the flukes would have to be introduced from an out side source, if you did not have them before.

I would do water changes and make sure the water quality is very good. Keep the skimmer/s clean ect...

Do any other fish have cloudy eye? What has he been eating?

 

[JHemdal]

A single cloudy eye is almost always due to an injury, except in some rare cases where a Neobendenia fluke attaches to one eye - like in a light infestation....kind of an oxymoron though, because infections soon turn critical.
If the fish has no other sympetoms (rapid breathing, frayed fins, cloudy skin) and *if* the cloudy eye showed up all at once, I would right it off as an injury and just wait and see how it heals.

jay

 

[jayb12]

i should be more clear,
i got him just a few days ago so hes pretty new to my tank.

my water quality is great, however the person i got him from i have doubts of his water conditions.
would a good diet and better water quality help him fight it off?

im wondering if he got an injury from the net.

 

[KingwoodMarcia]

Yes, a good diet is always the best to help fight off junk, but this should be the norm anyway. Did you test your water to make sure it was good? How are the readings?

 

[jayb12]

hes in an sps./lps tank

if the water wasnt good i would see the corals die a long time before he would show signs :thumbsup:

hes lookin healthy today!