Cloudy Eye

[jaywings19]

I brought home one Cherry Barb yesterday. I didn't notice it last night, but he has one cloudy eye. The other eye is fine.

This is my first experience with cloudy eye. I've just treated the tank with some Melafix... package says treats cloudy eye.

Has anyone dealt with this before? Does Melafix work by itself?

 

[Lithril]

Melafix should help, normally a cloudy eye starts with poor water conditions or by catching it on something in the tank, I had the same thing with a puffer, keep an eye on your water parameters and it should heal fairly quickly.

 

[jaywings19]

Melafix should help, normally a cloudy eye starts with poor water conditions or by catching it on something in the tank, I had the same thing with a puffer, keep an eye on your water parameters and it should heal fairly quickly.

I will keep my eye on the water quality. Honestly, I didn't even notice if he had it when I brought him home... so that could be my fault for bringing a sick fish home.

 

[Lithril]

I had same problem, still don't know to this day whether he came like it or caught it on a rock, good luck with it though

 

[semper fi]

pop eye is not contagious so you do not have to worry about your other fish catching this.

 

[jaywings19]

pop eye is not contagious so you do not have to worry about your other fish catching this.

I already took the safe approach and quarantined him. Thanks for the tip, though.

 

[semper fi]

quarantining is a good idea since it is unneccessary to medicate fish if not needed. also can help you to save on meds if you have a larger tank. noncontagious diseases are usually quarantined as diseases like ich you would want to medicate the whole tank.

 

[Cian McLiam]

Cloudy eye is usually bacterial infection of delicate eye tissue damaged by injury or poor water quality. Sometimes algae and fungus will grow on the wound also. Lots of clean water will cure it and melafix will help heal the damage quicker. Its not a very serious disease, nor is it contagious so I would hesitate before treating the tank, it could also be a sign of poor water quality so testing is a good idea and 15% water changes daily.

Ken

PS I have heard some studies show that melafix does not directly have an effect on bacteria, but allows the tissue to fight back the infection by speeding up natural healing.