Cichlid WIth A Eye Problem

[chomper]

I have A Jewel Cichlid And I Just Got It From The Pet Store. On Its Left Eye Its Seems To Be Foggy Like. I Was Wondering If Anyone Knows What I Should Do Or Is It From A Injury.

 

[blueturq]

Check your ammonia and nitrtite levels, if they are too high that could be the problem.

Did it have a cloudy eye at the store?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Cloudy eye is poor water quality 90% of the time. Check your levels and do a water change.

What are you feeding it? Sometimes Cloudy Eye can come from nutritional deficiencies.

Also could be a Bacterial infection. There are meds for this.

 

[tonyro]

Hey Chomper.

Regarding the cichlid with the cloudy eye. If you feel it is an eye injury vs sudden cloudy eye. Then the next step is to find a med to treat an injury related situation. Most of the time an injury can lead to it contracting a bacterial disease. To name a medecine(s) is difficult because different parts of different countries have and don't have certain medecines so I usually answer to what brands people inquire about. In this case though a fungal medecine is its best bet. Jungle Fungus Eliminator that treats cloudy eye, aquatronics meds that have antibiotics in them, Aquarium Pharmaceuticals medications can work too. Try what you think is best and available in your area. Also remember to ALWAYS remove your carbon from your filter before you medicate your fish, because carbon would absorb the medication therefore not working. Hope all of this this helps

Tonyro

 

[tonyro]

Oh and by the way chomper as suggested above..... the water quality plays a big issue as this can bring in cloudy eye. There have been many cases when I have sold some discus to some stores and when they were put in their tanks they almost instantly developed cloudy eyes, this of course was due to the fact that their water quality wasn't up to par. But again making sure that you ruled out that it is not an injury he caused himself.

Tonyro

 

[chomper]

Thanks For All Your Help. I will try to get some med for it. It came like that from the store i didnt realize it until i came home, so i hoping it is something at the pet store. Thanks Again to all of you for the great help.