I really wish I knew how to help him. What would you do?
Dogface eye problem
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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.
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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.
Dogface eye problem
Hi guys I got this fish shipped to me two days ago and he showed up in VERY cold water...he looked like death when I put him in QT. After 24 hours he bounced back and seems to be making a recovery but he has a terrible eye problem. He has a yellow cloud in one eye that is like cataracts. It is because of how cold the water was I'm sure because he was fine before shipment. It would be rough having a puffer that is blind in one eye. Is there anything I can do. Does anyone know what this is and how to help him? Thanks for any suggestions, here are some pictures:
I really wish I knew how to help him. What would you do?
I really wish I knew how to help him. What would you do?
100gal Seaclear(86 actual gallons... LIARS!)
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
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manutius
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Re: Dogface eye problem
Hmmm, not too sure with marine species but Cloudy eye can be a bit tricky to treat I think becuase it can be caused by many different things. First things are to keep the Q tank very clean and maybe to feed food soaked in vitamins to see if it will go on its own. I'm sure that there will be others along soon who can offer more advice. Good luck
Re: Dogface eye problem
So many to choose from. Can someone help me make a choice. What garlic/vit suppliment do you use or would you suggest?
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http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/p ... =3578+4245
100gal Seaclear(86 actual gallons... LIARS!)
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
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crazedpuffer
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Re: Dogface eye problem
My porc had something similar and I used Pennicilin on it. Thats about all I can think of though.
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Re: Dogface eye problem
Whatever you use--don't put into your main tank.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
"The solution to pollution is dilution!"
Re: Dogface eye problem
About the penicillin....how did that work out for you?
Where did you get it? I would certainly try it.
Where did you get it? I would certainly try it.
100gal Seaclear(86 actual gallons... LIARS!)
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
1 Australian Harlequin Tusk, 1 dogface puffer, various damsels...
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crazedpuffer
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Re: Dogface eye problem
My LFS had it. The owner reccomended it too me. It worked great both times I used it. Started to clear up the next day actually.
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