Lion fish with cloudy eyes

robow · 08/25/2009, 09:29 PM

I have a lion fish I have had him for about 7 months he good but it is nothing but ghost shrimp I have tried every trick that has been suggested to me, with no positive results. About a week ago one of his eyes began to cloud up then two days ago the other one began to cloud also. What should I do? If I need to put him in a hospital tank would it be ok to use a bucket with a heater and a filter. He is about six inches long I know this would be small but he has never been much for swimming so I don't think he would mind. Should I medicate him if I do with what? Please help any advice would be great.

Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 5 phosphates 0 PH 8.4 Salinity 1.025 temp 77 bi weekly 15 gallon water change.

kkdoughboy · 08/25/2009, 09:40 PM

Picture of him in your tank?

robow · 08/25/2009, 09:51 PM

I canpost one in the morning all I have now are of him healthy

kkdoughboy · 08/25/2009, 09:56 PM

Yeah post one in the AM. Maybe people will be able to give you some advice if they see his eyes. I'll tell ya though from personal expirience. Cloudy eyes is usually not a good sign. Post when you can

robow · 08/25/2009, 11:02 PM

here are the best I can do It doesnt seem as bad in the pictures

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robow · 08/26/2009, 08:33 AM

anybody

kkdoughboy · 08/26/2009, 08:43 AM

Yeah man he doesnt look very good. Usually Lionfish dont just chill on the bottom like that. He must have some type of bacterial infection or something. Is he in your 100 gallon Fowlr tank? What other fish do you have in there with him? Im hoping someone else can chime in here for you as to a possible product to use to treat his illness.

skleek · 08/26/2009, 08:45 AM

Yeah no bueno. Any changes made to the tank?

kkdoughboy · 08/26/2009, 08:48 AM

Check your PH again. What do you use to check your salinity? It could also be PH burn or high salinity. Your parameters all seem in check but faulty equiptment is a usual occurence in this hobby. Just my two cents worth of advice but in my personal expirience...I had a hydrometer that i used to measure specific gravity. Came upon some extra cash and bought a refractometer and retested my parameters. The hydometer was way off. Also recently purchased a PH probe and found that my PH was at 7.9 not the 8.4 that tested with my Sera Test Kit. This may not have anything to do with your Lionfish problem cause you say your other fish are ok but just for future reference.

robow · 08/26/2009, 08:54 AM

After His first eye went cloudy I tested water and took some to my LFS to double check they got the same thing the only other things in there are a foxface about the same ize as him a blue tang about 2 inches and an O. clown about 3 inches. The reason he is on the botom like that is because I had to get him to turn around so I stuck my hand in he is usually fairly active. even since his eyes have clouded over.

robow · 08/26/2009, 02:14 PM

Anybody??

kkdoughboy · 08/26/2009, 05:10 PM

Common you Reef Central Vets let's help this guy out with some opinions. There's gotta be somebody that can help this poor Lionfish!

koranAngel · 08/26/2009, 07:05 PM

bacterial infection scroll down to disease n health prob

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-11/fm/feature/ion

08/25/2009, 09:29 PM	#1
robow Ninja Robot Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 301	Lion fish with cloudy eyes I have a lion fish I have had him for about 7 months he good but it is nothing but ghost shrimp I have tried every trick that has been suggested to me, with no positive results. About a week ago one of his eyes began to cloud up then two days ago the other one began to cloud also. What should I do? If I need to put him in a hospital tank would it be ok to use a bucket with a heater and a filter. He is about six inches long I know this would be small but he has never been much for swimming so I don't think he would mind. Should I medicate him if I do with what? Please help any advice would be great. Ammonia 0 Nitrites 0 Nitrates 5 phosphates 0 PH 8.4 Salinity 1.025 temp 77 bi weekly 15 gallon water change. __________________ I have no idea what is going on Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon mixed reef 24 gallon sump 20 gallon fuge eshopps pks150 skimmer Last edited by robow; 08/25/2009 at 09:36 PM.

08/25/2009, 09:51 PM	#3
robow Ninja Robot Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 301	I canpost one in the morning all I have now are of him healthy __________________ I have no idea what is going on Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon mixed reef 24 gallon sump 20 gallon fuge eshopps pks150 skimmer

08/25/2009, 11:02 PM	#5
robow Ninja Robot Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 301	here are the best I can do It doesnt seem as bad in the pictures [IMG] http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/505/2247882.jpg[/IMG] [IMG] http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/505/2247881.jpg[/IMG] [IMG] http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/505/2247884.jpg[/IMG] __________________ I have no idea what is going on Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon mixed reef 24 gallon sump 20 gallon fuge eshopps pks150 skimmer Last edited by robow; 08/25/2009 at 11:11 PM.

08/26/2009, 08:33 AM	#6
robow Ninja Robot Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 301	anybody __________________ I have no idea what is going on Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon mixed reef 24 gallon sump 20 gallon fuge eshopps pks150 skimmer

08/26/2009, 08:54 AM	#10
robow Ninja Robot Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 301	After His first eye went cloudy I tested water and took some to my LFS to double check they got the same thing the only other things in there are a foxface about the same ize as him a blue tang about 2 inches and an O. clown about 3 inches. The reason he is on the botom like that is because I had to get him to turn around so I stuck my hand in he is usually fairly active. even since his eyes have clouded over. __________________ I have no idea what is going on Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon mixed reef 24 gallon sump 20 gallon fuge eshopps pks150 skimmer

08/25/2009, 09:40 PM	#2
kkdoughboy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nazareth, Pennsylvania Posts: 356	Picture of him in your tank?

08/25/2009, 09:56 PM	#4
kkdoughboy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nazareth, Pennsylvania Posts: 356	Yeah post one in the AM. Maybe people will be able to give you some advice if they see his eyes. I'll tell ya though from personal expirience. Cloudy eyes is usually not a good sign. Post when you can

08/26/2009, 08:43 AM	#7
kkdoughboy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nazareth, Pennsylvania Posts: 356	Yeah man he doesnt look very good. Usually Lionfish dont just chill on the bottom like that. He must have some type of bacterial infection or something. Is he in your 100 gallon Fowlr tank? What other fish do you have in there with him? Im hoping someone else can chime in here for you as to a possible product to use to treat his illness.

08/26/2009, 08:45 AM	#8
skleek Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: fort lauderdale FL Posts: 149	Yeah no bueno. Any changes made to the tank?

08/26/2009, 08:48 AM	#9
kkdoughboy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nazareth, Pennsylvania Posts: 356	Check your PH again. What do you use to check your salinity? It could also be PH burn or high salinity. Your parameters all seem in check but faulty equiptment is a usual occurence in this hobby. Just my two cents worth of advice but in my personal expirience...I had a hydrometer that i used to measure specific gravity. Came upon some extra cash and bought a refractometer and retested my parameters. The hydometer was way off. Also recently purchased a PH probe and found that my PH was at 7.9 not the 8.4 that tested with my Sera Test Kit. This may not have anything to do with your Lionfish problem cause you say your other fish are ok but just for future reference.

08/26/2009, 02:14 PM	#11
robow Ninja Robot Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 301	Anybody?? __________________ I have no idea what is going on Current Tank Info: 120 Gallon mixed reef 24 gallon sump 20 gallon fuge eshopps pks150 skimmer

08/26/2009, 05:10 PM	#12
kkdoughboy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nazareth, Pennsylvania Posts: 356	Common you Reef Central Vets let's help this guy out with some opinions. There's gotta be somebody that can help this poor Lionfish!

08/26/2009, 07:05 PM	#13
koranAngel always on ** at work Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: sydney Posts: 436	bacterial infection scroll down to disease n health prob http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-11/fm/feature/ion __________________ y did i start this hobby Current Tank Info: 500lt main tank 39g fuge sump....sohal tang purple tang 2clown,coral beauty banana wrasse coris wrasse royal doty cleaner shrimp coral banded shrimp flame angel bicolour angel sphinx goby cuc mixed corals