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I was changing his water yesterday, had to take out the decorations to wash em up because we are having a rather nasty Cyanno issue (Gonna get Red Slime remover soon) well I guess he freaked out so bad because he had a naked tank that he injured his eye.

Amm: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate <5 SG 1.011

Just Pepsi the GSP

%50 WC yesterday, washed plastic plant decorations to lower the Cyanno, and dumped some flourish Excell in as a preliminary kill it off a bit measure as I read on BCAquaria's forums.

I mixed the salt in with a Tetra Power filter then aged the water for 24-48hrs before

Looks like he scratched his Cornea. I feel so awful...I need to go get some Melafix..this is one of those occasions I wish I had more than my permit right now

I can't take a picture because he's feeling rather sorry for himself, and I wouldn't blame him. He's also very mad at me.

I'll prep another %50 WC to keep the pollutants down. I'll tell the man to go pick up some melafix tonight, that it can't wait. Hopefully we can go and I can price the live rock and sand so we have time to save up for it.

Anyway, since he's in an SG of 1.011 should I get the Marine Melafix or stay with the fresh water stuff?

He's still curled up on the bottom of the tank all black and not right....I have the lights off....haven't been able to get melafix yet...

Aww, I hope he gets better fast. I believe you use the FW melafix. I'd be very careful not to scare him at all.

He's doing better today, his eye has healed up even without the melafix! We're still picking some up on Sat though. I think his fast healing has to do with the pristine water (0amm 0Nitrite and less than 5 nitrates)

He was his usual enthusiastic wriggly self at the front of the tank this morning, and he had a piece of smashed up clam for breakky.

despite the cyanno issue >.<

Pandora114 wrote:He's doing better today, his eye has healed up even without the melafix! We're still picking some up on Sat though. I think his fast healing has to do with the pristine water (0amm 0Nitrite and less than 5 nitrates)

He was his usual enthusiastic wriggly self at the front of the tank this morning, and he had a piece of smashed up clam for breakky.

despite the cyanno issue >.<

Corneal/eye tissue is one of the fastest healing tissues in most creatures. On a human corneal abrasions and lacerations are nearly healed within 24 hours....

and it would probably heal much faster in a fish since they don't have any eyelids.

Marine Melafix is to keep skimmers from bubbling over. You don't need it unless you have a skimmer.

Poor little guy. I can sympathize on the permit thing. I remember needing Prime so freaking bad!

Consider yourself lucky, when Shakespeare was in my care for but a few months, he scratched one of his eyes - the resulting infection scarred the cornea, he's blind in that eye. He seems to get on just fine with his blind side though.

I do. I have some melafix right here for him though. in case it happens again. I need to prep a water change for him soon. %50 each week! he just got done eating a piece of smashed clam.