Red Eyes? Good Or Bad?!

[jnc0310]

Hey all! New to the forum and to fish owning. I bought two marbled angelfish on Friday and one of them has red eyes. I read that for some angelfish it is okay for them to have red eyes as they are supposed to be like that. But I also red that red eyes could be from a bacteria infection. I searched online to see if marbled angels are supposed to have red eyes and I can't seem to find the info. Hopefully I posted in the right section and someone can help!

Also, they are currently swimming at the surface of the tank. Could that mean they need more oxygen? And is it strange that they swim near the heater?

Sorry for all the questions but I want to make sure they stay alive and well Any words of wisdom or short pieces of advice I'd greatly appreciate!

 

[kubora666]

Hey all! New to the forum and to fish owning. I bought two marbled angelfish on Friday and one of them has red eyes. I read that for some angelfish it is okay for them to have red eyes as they are supposed to be like that. But I also red that red eyes could be from a bacteria infection. I searched online to see if marbled angels are supposed to have red eyes and I can't seem to find the info. Hopefully I posted in the right section and someone can help!

Also, they are currently swimming at the surface of the tank. Could that mean they need more oxygen? And is it strange that they swim near the heater?

Sorry for all the questions but I want to make sure they stay alive and well Any words of wisdom or short pieces of advice I'd greatly appreciate!

welcome to the forum JNC

ive kept angels with red eyes before and that was just a natural thing.
i think its most likely that they just have red eyes, although if you are worried, try posting a picture of your fishes eye on the desease and illness section and if there is an infection there will likely be helpful responce

 

[minxfishy]

Hi, cant help on the eyes bit as I know nothing about angels, however, can you answer some questions for us, how long has the tank been set up, was it cycled before adding fish? Size of tank and also do you have water stats, ie, ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte, if they are at the surface they may be in need of more oxygen due to (if the tank is uncycled) ammonia.

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

It is neither good or bad. But, it can be both.


Some Angelfish are bred to have red eyes and others not. Some people think it is a sign of a good quality fish but that isn't really true. The red eyes just have to do with genetics and the fish it was bred from. Some people like red eyes and others don't (the reason for being both good and bad.)

 

[Spishkey]

my angel (black and white stripey one) has red eyes, with a long black stripe down the left one, bizarre looking but gorgeous!

 

[Straydum]

yeap its all about genetics. i dont see any advantage or disadvantage of having red eyes. more of appeal to us i'd say.

 

[jnc0310]

Hi, cant help on the eyes bit as I know nothing about angels, however, can you answer some questions for us, how long has the tank been set up, was it cycled before adding fish? Size of tank and also do you have water stats, ie, ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte, if they are at the surface they may be in need of more oxygen due to (if the tank is uncycled) ammonia.

The tank has been set up for almost a week and a half. I only found out about a fishless cycle yesterday so no, my tank wasn't cycled fishless before I added them. I did however, follow the instructions on the tank that I bought about letting the filter and heater do their things for 2 days before adding fish? The tank size is 10 gallons (which I also found out yesterday is too small for Angelfish once they start to grow) I'm starting off terrible in the fish owning world The ammonia, nitrite and nitrate were all 0 or very close to it. Last night I did a 30% water change and the PH went quite low to 6.4 after being 6.8 before I did the change. I have 3 live plants and the filter turned up quite high to try and get some water flowing and oxygen in there? Is there anything else I could do to help my fish? Anything I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

Hi, cant help on the eyes bit as I know nothing about angels, however, can you answer some questions for us, how long has the tank been set up, was it cycled before adding fish? Size of tank and also do you have water stats, ie, ammonia, nitrIte and nitrAte, if they are at the surface they may be in need of more oxygen due to (if the tank is uncycled) ammonia.

The tank has been set up for almost a week and a half. I only found out about a fishless cycle yesterday so no, my tank wasn't cycled fishless before I added them. I did however, follow the instructions on the tank that I bought about letting the filter and heater do their things for 2 days before adding fish? The tank size is 10 gallons (which I also found out yesterday is too small for Angelfish once they start to grow) I'm starting off terrible in the fish owning world The ammonia, nitrite and nitrate were all 0 or very close to it. Last night I did a 30% water change and the PH went quite low to 6.4 after being 6.8 before I did the change. I have 3 live plants and the filter turned up quite high to try and get some water flowing and oxygen in there? Is there anything else I could do to help my fish? Anything I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Not too much more you can do. Keep up with water changes. If you can get your hands on some Bio-Spira, or similar refrigerated bacteria. That, or you could get some mature filter media from a member or a pet shop (if the pet shop sells it or gives it away.)

 

[minxfishy]

You will need to do regular water testing, at least once daily and then you will have to undertake several water changes, again daily sometimes 2x daily to not let the ammonia or nitrIte get above 0.25ppm for the health of the fish.

In all honesty, unless you intend to upgrade your tank in the very near future then I would take back the angels and start a fishless cycle on your tank then decide what you could reasonably stock after the cycle has finished.

Sorry thats not what you want to hear, but for the fishes sake its probably the best thing to do.