I got this Jewel puffer just over a month ago, and unfortunately it has had cloudy eyes for quite a few weeks now. It's eating and swimming around really well, but the cloudy eyes just won't go. All other livestock are completely fine, eating well, and no-one seems to be bullying it either. Plus, given that it's both eyes, I'm assuming it's likely a bacterial infection.
I've tried PraziPro, as I read that Flukes can cause cloudy eyes, but haven't seen any improvement (I did two doses, 1 week apart, although I must add, the bottle I had is out of date by 6 months - maybe it's no longer effective? Or it's just not the correct medication for the issue!)
Can anyone suggest what's the most effective treatment for this in the UK? The likes of Kanaplex and Erythromycin aren't easily obtainable here, although I have ordered some from the states (unlikely to arrive this side of Christmas I think!)
Tank Info:
1) Your water parameters: Ammonia - 0, Nitrite - 0, Nitrates - 5, and salinity - 35ppt.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants: 4ft long, 2ft wide, 2ft tall. Tank inhabitants: Jewel Puffer, Maroon Clown, Blue Throat Trigger, two Monos.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank: Fed once a day, using a variety of marine-based foods, like Krill Shrimp, Brine Shrimp with Garlic and Omega 3, Mussels, white Clams. 15% water change once per week. Using Chemipure Blue in the tank.
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so: None
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? 9 months: Cycled using Fritzzyme turbostart 900
Jewel Puffer - Cloudy Eyes
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1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
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We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
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One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Read this before posting!!
Since this board has been up, we have found there are several questions that routinely get asked in order to help diagnose problems. If you can have that information to begin with in your post, we'll be able to help right away (if we can!) without having to wait for you to post the info we need.
1) Your water parameters - pH, Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrates and salinity (if appropriate). This is by far the most important information you can provide! Do not answer this with "Fine" "Perfect" "ok", that tells us nothing. We need hard numbers.
2) Tank size and a list of ALL inhabitants. Include algae eaters, plecos, everything. We need to know what you have and how big the tank is.
3) Feeding, water change schedule and a list of all products you are using or have added to the tank (examples: Cycle, Amquel, salt, etc)
4) What changes you've made in the tank in the last week or so. Sometimes its the little things that make all the difference.
5) How long the aquarium has been set up, and how did you cycle it? If you don't know what cycling is read this: Fishless Cycling Article and familiarize yourself with all the information. Yes. All of it.
We want to help, and providing this information will go a LONG way to getting a diagnosis and hopeful cure that much faster.
While you wait for assistance:
One of the easiest and best ways to help your fish feel better is clean water! If you are already on a regular water change schedule (50% weekly is recommended) a good step to making your fish more comfortable while waiting for diagnosis/suggestions is to do a large water change immediately. Feel free to repeat daily or as often as you can, clean water is always a good thing! Use of Amquel or Prime as a dechlor may help with any ammonia or nitrite issues, and is highly recommended.
Note - if you do not normally do large water changes, doing a sudden, large water change could shock your fish by suddenly changing their established water chemistry. Clean water is still your first goal, so in this case, do several smaller (10%) water changes over the next day or two before starting any large ones.
Jewel Puffer - Cloudy Eyes
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Re: Jewel Puffer - Cloudy Eyes
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, I'm having trouble with my account. How is you doing now?
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
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