My GSP's eyes..
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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.
My GSP's eyes..
He has what appears to be blood around both of his eyeballs. Sometimes more on one day, and less on another. Any opinions?
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Re: My GSP's eyes..
can you post a picture? are you sure its not the natural eye colour, is it in a tank with anything else? Does it look like bleeding or justs a ring of red inside the lense?
Can you post more details of your setup please
Can you post more details of your setup please
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Re: My GSP's eyes..
How long has this been happening, what are your tank parameters, tank size, tankmates etc... to get a complete picture.
Thread moved to hospital forum.
Thread moved to hospital forum.
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Re: My GSP's eyes..
I have a 55g with just liverock and a clownfish. The parameters are normal. It's not his normal eye color because I've had him for about 6 months and it's only been happening for about a week and a half.
This is not my puffer..
..but if it were, the red would be on the inside perimeter of the yellow area.
I really can't get a good picture of mine because I don't know how to use my camera for tank pictures. If someone could help me out with that, I might be able to get a good one.
This is not my puffer..
..but if it were, the red would be on the inside perimeter of the yellow area.
I really can't get a good picture of mine because I don't know how to use my camera for tank pictures. If someone could help me out with that, I might be able to get a good one.
Re: My GSP's eyes..
Not sure if this matters, but my tank is a full marine tank.
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Re: My GSP's eyes..
Well, I can't help you but I do find it facinating. I've never heard of such a thing and I'm interested to hear if anyone else has.
Is he showing any signs of Popeye (eyeballs bulging out of his head)?
Please give the actual parameters of your tank. "Normal" does not help anyone help you, as we need to know what the real levels are. That's always the first place to look.
Is he showing any signs of Popeye (eyeballs bulging out of his head)?
Please give the actual parameters of your tank. "Normal" does not help anyone help you, as we need to know what the real levels are. That's always the first place to look.
