Mutant cory

[Fiori]

I got 4 very small, itsy bitsy, teeny baby similus cories a few weeks ago. Now they've got a bit bigger I've noticed that one of them has no eyes. Or rather, no eye on one side and the other looks like a gold spot with no iris. He seems fine - not growing as quickly as the others, but still growing. Will he be ok in the long term?

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Fiori

As long as your little cory is healthy otherwise, and there are no other fish in the tank who might have caused the damage to its eyes, you don't have to worry.

Corys find their food by using their barbels, and they are nocturnal fish anyway, so it should be fine. You might even find that he becomes your special pet!

 

[Teelie]

Yep, most fish rely on their other senses to find food. Eyes help but their noses, barbels, lateral line (sense of touch) are what they mostly use to find food.

 

[Fiori]

Thanks - I am so glad he's fine. He has already become my wee baby in that tank. I have decided to call him Homer, quite appropriate I think, a blind poet.

 

[Barracuda518]

Thanks - I am so glad he's fine. He has already become my wee baby in that tank. I have decided to call him Homer, quite appropriate I think, a blind poet.

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I have a cory with the same problem. I saw him in a tank at the LFS all by himself and he was very small with no eyes. I dont know what happened to him. I asked the person working there and he didnt know either. I had been going in there for a while, so he let me have it for free, seeing as how no one else was going to buy it. It was in a tank with 20 other albino cories and all of them were sold expect this one. He has since grown, not as fast as the others, and seems very happy. I havent seen any major side effects of the blindness, other then it doesnt move as much at certain times. There is another cory who has taken to it. Ive noticed it will search the little one out and they start schooling with the other ones. It definately has no problems eating. Im just glad I was able to get it and provide it with a good home

 

[Weaver]

I picked out a one eyed gold barb asI figured no one else would want it.One of the few Ive given a name to-blind pew-and he zips around the tank like no ones buisness.Looks like there are more softies than me here!!
BTW--one of the small google ads at the bottom of this post reads"baggy eyes" --tastless or what?

 

[Fiori]

BTW--one of the small google ads at the bottom of this post reads"baggy eyes" --tastless or what?

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had'nt noticed that! The wonders of artificial intelligence! Ahem!

It sounds to me like we all are a right bunch of softies

 

[daddyfish]

It sounds to me like we all are a right bunch of softies

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Me a "SOFTY" Na.....
Unless you call Someone a Softy that, Will take in anything "WITH" a Sad Story.
I've taken in fish that have Been in a PS tank for Several Visits, Much like you all because I figured No One would Want it.
I "BOUGHT" a Snail one time Because it had a "Mineral" problem and had Holes in it's Shell, Brought it Home "Cracked' eggs for it's Shell peices, and "GOT" some Medical Super Glue to put over the affected Spots and Nursed it back to Health, I brought it Home because the PS was going to toss it out, And I told them I'd take it, It became one of My Favorite Snails I've Ever had...
I've brought home Bird's because One had a busted Foot, Now she's doin fine and is one of the Neatest Budgies I've ever had, Drove 150 miles to get a Conure because the Ladie took it to her Vet cause She No longer wanted it, Is now one of my Wifes Favorites,
Got a Guinea Pig because while in the PS seen he had a Sore Spot on his Rear, asked Why and they Told me the others Picked on him all the time, I rescued him and he's my Baby,
And the List goes On and On.
My Wife "HATES" to let me go to a PS alone cause she's afraid, Of what Might be "NEXT".

Your Not the only Softies out there, I'm a Softy for "Critters" as well...