BeardUp Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 (edited) I picked up this black ice clown last night. Today when I got home I noticed his eye. I am not sure I looked at it before. Is he blind? Anything I should worry about? The one on the left. Edited November 26, 2019 by BeardUp Fish Clarification Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 It is a bacterial infection. You can take him out and treat and it should go away in a week or so. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardUp Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 17 minutes ago, pdxmonkeyboy said: It is a bacterial infection. You can take him out and treat and it should go away in a week or so. Dang it! I was afraid of that. It's only the one eye and has gotten better but not 100% yet. This is my first sick saltwater fish, so is this a copper treatment in the hospital tank or do you have something you recommend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdxmonkeyboy Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 not copper. If it is clearing up on its own then I would just see how it progresses. It is effectively just like us, he bumped his eye into something and it got infected. I see this more with freshwater fish. Typically you would treat with melafix which is a gentle antibiotic made from tea tree oil I believe. If you wanted to be extra special kind t your fish you could put him in a bucket of water with melafix in it. It is essentially neosporin for fish. While they claim that it doesn't upset the biology in the tank.... its an antibiotic so, "they" could be completely full of it. Melafix is cheap and good to have around. If you see a fish with a cut or abrasion that is red around the edges a little melafix can help them out. Cheers Brian 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeardUp Posted December 7, 2019 Author Share Posted December 7, 2019 That's great information. Thank you! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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