Spotted Puffer Eye Problem

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Spotted Puffer Eye Problem

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I bought a Spotted Puffer yesterday. He is my first Puffer fish so I'm still learning about the species. But this morning when i kicked on the lights I noticed his left eye is slightly cloudy. I've been fourm posting and searching all day when I was directed to this fourm to ask for advice. He seems to be fine he has been swimming all around the tank and eatting my featherdusters :? He just had a nice big meal of bloodworms as well.

From what i have been reading it sounds like his eye could have been scratched when he was in the net and or something in my tank. He was swimming against the net quite a bit when i freshwater dipped him. But I don't know what to do about the scratched eye (assuming that is the problem) is there anything I can do to help the little guy out?

He lives in a 45 Gallon tank with a Flame Hawkfish, Cinnamon Clown and A Lawnmower Blenny I've had the other fish in the tank for over a year now I do water changes every two weeks. I did a change about 3 days before I got the puffer, thats another reason I believe it could be a scratch. I have not tested the water but I'll try and do that sometime today. The only changes I have made in the past week or so was adding him and the lawnmower blenny to the tank yesterday.

Any other suggestions/ideas would be greatly appricated,

Thanks,
Dakota

PS: I'll try to get a picture of it in a few minutes
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sorry it's not a very good photo he is really hard to snap a picture of he swims all over the place and it was only on his left side. Its not very cloudy just a lite film like over his eye
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Re: Spotted Puffer Eye Problem

Post by marksrush »

Well, usually we like to get the information requested above in pink, but just for starters I'd say use some Melafix Marine. It's very mild and it can really help for minor scrapes and bruises like this.
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Post by bigfatfish »

Definitely could try Melafix. But most importantly, ensure that your water is in perfect condition. Dirty water will cause wounds/scratches to become infected, so water change, water change, water change!!
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Think it's already starting to look better but maybe thats just my wishful thinking.. I'll go pick up some Melafix tomorrow and I'll probly do a water change tomorrow as well.
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His eye is almost back to 100% already so he must have just bumped it on something last night in the dark :lol: Thanks for the replies I was really worried this morning.
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Re: Spotted Puffer Eye Problem

Post by marksrush »

Yay! Good to hear. Fish can be surprisingly resilient.

It's interesting and cool that you put him in marine right off: not many people who are new to puffers know to put GSPs into saltwater. Did you learn about their needs here?
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I heard on here that they could be full marine and I already have a 50 gallon with a few other marine fish (Flame Hawkfish, Cinnamon Clown, Lawnmower blenny) that I've had established for over a year now. And when I saw this GSP at my LFS I decided I had to get him. I am worried he may become more aggressive towards my other fish when he gets older, but so far so good. I'll just play it by year and keep a close tab on him. Puffers have always fascinated me and I'm glad to finally have one.
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Did you acclimate him from FW? How long did that take?
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