I’ve had this goldfish for five years or so and his eye is completely cloudy and seems to be getting worse despite treating with Melafix for the past six days. He is in an 80 gallon fish tank with two other goldfish that are in good health. The other eye seems completely fine. Any suggestions?
Goldfish Eye Issue
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Check this out: https://www.goldfishcare.org/goldfi...water treatment. Continue reading about other
@Deanasue may be able to provide further insight. Hope all turns out well!
It's just excess mucous over the eye.
Fish naturally have a thin layer of mucous over their body and this helps them move through water and reduces the number of disease organisms that can infect their skin. If they get injured or are in poor conditions, they produce more mucous. If one eye is covered in mucous and the other is fine, then the eye was probably damaged by something and the fish is putting more mucous over it to help protect it.
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Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the lawn/ garden.
Stop adding Melafix.
Add some salt, (see directions below).
If there's no improvement after a few days of salt, post more pictures.
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SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 2 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water.
If you only have livebearers (guppies, platies, swordtails, mollies), goldfish or rainbowfish in the tank you can double that dose rate, so you would add 4 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres.
Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.
The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria but the higher dose rate (4 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres) will affect some plants and some snails. The lower dose rate will not affect plants, shrimp or snails.
After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.
If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.
Fish naturally have a thin layer of mucous over their body and this helps them move through water and reduces the number of disease organisms that can infect their skin. If they get injured or are in poor conditions, they produce more mucous. If one eye is covered in mucous and the other is fine, then the eye was probably damaged by something and the fish is putting more mucous over it to help protect it.
-------------------
Do a 75% water change and gravel clean the substrate every day for a week.
Make sure any new water is free of chlorine/ chloramine before it's added to the tank.
Clean the filter if it hasn't been done in the last 2 weeks. Wash filter media/ materials in a bucket of tank water and re-use the media. Tip the bucket of dirty water on the lawn/ garden.
Stop adding Melafix.
Add some salt, (see directions below).
If there's no improvement after a few days of salt, post more pictures.
-------------------
SALT
You can add rock salt (often sold as aquarium salt), sea salt or swimming pool salt to the aquarium at the dose rate of 2 heaped tablespoon per 20 litres of water.
If you only have livebearers (guppies, platies, swordtails, mollies), goldfish or rainbowfish in the tank you can double that dose rate, so you would add 4 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres.
Keep the salt level like this for at least 2 weeks but no longer than 4 weeks otherwise kidney damage can occur. Kidney damage is more likely to occur in fish from soft water (tetras, Corydoras, angelfish, gouramis, loaches) that are exposed to high levels of salt for an extended period of time, and is not an issue with livebearers, rainbowfish or other salt tolerant species.
The salt will not affect the beneficial filter bacteria but the higher dose rate (4 heaped tablespoons per 20 litres) will affect some plants and some snails. The lower dose rate will not affect plants, shrimp or snails.
After you use salt and the fish have recovered, you do a 10% water change each day for a week using only fresh water that has been dechlorinated. Then do a 20% water change each day for a week. Then you can do bigger water changes after that. This dilutes the salt out of the tank slowly so it doesn't harm the fish.
If you do water changes while using salt, you need to treat the new water with salt before adding it to the tank. This will keep the salt level stable in the tank and minimise stress on the fish.
Colin gave you good info. In addition, I would do epsom salt baths to pull out the fluid. Add a gallon of dechlorinated water In a large bowl or container. Add 1 teaspoon of dissolved epsom salt. Place fish in bowl for 5 minutes. You can do this 3 times a day. Be sure epsom salt is pure with no fragrances added. If things don’t improve in a few days, then I’d treat with Kanaplex and Furan-2 together according to directions in packages. Keep us posted.
The eye hasn’t improved, look inflamed and increasingly cloudy. I tried API E.M. Erythromycin without success in a quarantine tank. Water is changed weekly, nitrate tested. Any more suggestions? The fish seems active/healthy and has an appetite. Should I try the Furan-2?
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