Bala Sharks eye is glazed!

[Alanky]

I noticed today that one of my bala sharks eyes looks kind of glazed over. Its not the full eye, just the lower part has a little haze on it. What can I do to help this? I just noticed it today. I was vaccuming the gravel and he was going crazy! He never really seems to care about the vaccum most of the time but he got scared this time and tried to jump out. I have a tall piece of driftwood in my aquarium that had the top part exposed because the water was lower from vaccuming. He landed on this piece of wood and flipped around about 3 times before he landed back in the water. I am wondering if he may have just scraped it or something on a bump on the log? I had never noticed his eye until after that incident.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Alan

 

[smileandnod]

I've just added another Bala to my tank, who has the same problem. He's a rescue fish.

I've seen it before, and it usually seems to clear up on it's own. Normally when I've seen it it's due to water quality problems.

What are your Ammonia/nitrIte/nitrAte readings.

Ian.

 

[Alanky]

The levels are...Ammonia 0ppm(mg/L)
Nitrite 0ppm(mg/L)
Nitrate 20ppm(mg/L)
thanks for any help!!

 

[Alanky]

bump

 

[smileandnod]

That all sounds fine to me. Balas are really quite sensitive to nitrAte, but I don't think 20ppm is too much for them. Mine stays below 5 these days.

If I was you, I'd leave it two weeks, and keep a watch on it daily. You should start to see it improve.

My rescue fish is showing improvement after only three days.

Drop me a PM in a few days if it hasn't cleared up.

Ian.

 

[Alanky]

Ok thanks! I will PM or post here if the Bala starts to get better. Mine to was kind of a rescue fish.

 

[Alanky]

smileandnod:

Just thought you might want to know that the Bala's eye has cleared up! You can not even tell it was ever glazed over. 100% Better!! Thanks for the help.