Wrasse Eye Condition

[malx]

Hi, All.

I have a wrasse that looked like he banged his eye. I gave it a few days to clear up but it's still a bit cloudy and looks like it has a film on it. I won't be able to catch him to freshwater dip. He's been in the tank since Saturday and I noticed it on Sunday. He's eating really well so I gave him a few days but today I noticed he rubbed his eye on the wall of the tank like trying to get it off. What medication would you feed him just to be safe in case it's not like a type of scab?

Note I have an SPS tank so I'm looking for something that he can ingest that is reef safe? I'm thinking a combination of Focus with Metroplex or Polyguard? Here's a link to what Seachem offers: http://www.seachem.com/medications.php

Or possibly Dr. G's Cavier?

I've had this issue before with two other fish but it cleared up after a week or two. I want to be safe and pro-active.

Let me know!

 

[JustinM]

Was he QT'd? Treated for flukes by chance? Sounds like it may be a fluke on his eye.

If it was an eye infection, feeding metro will not help, he really needs to be removed from the DT and put in a QT and treated with erythromycin. I know this isn't the news you want to hear but there is no reef safe antibiotic besides when some meds are mixed with focus.


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[malx]

Was he QT'd? Treated for flukes by chance? Sounds like it may be a fluke on his eye.

If it was an eye infection, feeding metro will not help, he really needs to be removed from the DT and put in a QT and treated with erythromycin. I know this isn't the news you want to hear but there is no reef safe antibiotic besides when some meds are mixed with focus.


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Someone recommended to me to use Focus with General Cure from ATI. Going to try that for a few days. He wasn't treated for flukes.

 

[JustinM]

Can you watch his eye and see if the mark moves? Sometimes when infestations get real bad, their eyes will become cloudy. I'm willing to bet it's just flukes and treating with prazipro is fine with sps.

It isn't a bad idea to feed your fish the general cure/focus. That way you can at least eliminate intestinal parasites. I just don't think it'll do anything to help out the eye.

 

[malx]

Can you watch his eye and see if the mark moves? Sometimes when infestations get real bad, their eyes will become cloudy. I'm willing to bet it's just flukes and treating with prazipro is fine with sps.

It isn't a bad idea to feed your fish the general cure/focus. That way you can at least eliminate intestinal parasites. I just don't think it'll do anything to help out the eye.

Sure I'll take a look! Thanks! I'll also get Prazipro. Good thing is the wrasse is eating so should be easy to get food in him.

 

[lagatbezan]

Prazipro is great for treating most types of flukes and many people have used it in their main dt with no issues. But some wrasses are sensitive to it and don't handle it too well. If going to use it, maybe start with half the recommended dose and gradually increase it if it shows no signs of distress.
Also General cure has prazipro in it as one of the ingredients.

 

[malx]

Prazipro is great for treating most types of flukes and many people have used it in their main dt with no issues. But some wrasses are sensitive to it and don't handle it too well. If going to use it, maybe start with half the recommended dose and gradually increase it if it shows no signs of distress.
Also General cure has prazipro in it as one of the ingredients.

Thanks for the tip. After 1 day of treating with Focus/General Cure I can see that his eye looks much better! I'm going to continue with this treatment for another 2 days, take a break, then go 3 days on again and assess from there how it looks.

 

[Jdub968]

If what your doing is working by all means stick to the treatment. But here's a second opinion usually if the eye is infected it will be swollen and the whole thing will be cloudy and erythromycin will treat it. If it is swollen Epsom salt will help relieve the swelling

 

[malx]

If what your doing is working by all means stick to the treatment. But here's a second opinion usually if the eye is infected it will be swollen and the whole thing will be cloudy and erythromycin will treat it. If it is swollen Epsom salt will help relieve the swelling

Thanks for the tip. I always refer back to old threads so if I see this occur again I'll try that. So far so good with his eye, still no issues. I'm lucky he's a pig that probably helped.

 

[Jdub968]

glad to hear the wrasse is doing better