My bi color angel has a cloudy eye for 3 days now. I set up a quarantine tank last night. Im curious what medicine I need to get to help him out. Im assuming its a bacterial infection. Closes place to get meds is petco as well.
Bi color angel eye cloudy eye
This is likely a result of scratch or injury. It is treatable and should be performed in a quarantine setting using ethromyacin ( Maracyn/Maracyn 1)
Assure good water quality is maintained as well as good diet
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I just set up qt last night. Was told not worry about cycling tank since meds will kill the good bacteria anyways. Which maracyn should I try to get?
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+1 on what @vetteguy53081 said. As long as the fish is still feeding and the other eye isn’t cloudy, this is likely a minor injury.
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IMO - if you have a QT handy, can catch the fish up safely and move it over, treating it with Erythromycin would be a good idea. If you have to set up a new QT, you might want to just wait to see if things get worse...
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Well I went ahead and got everything for the qt. Unfortunately the only thing for bacterial infection has was the anti fungal fritz and the bottle I got. According to reviews it does the trick and should see progress in about 2 days.
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freshwater dip in RO water for 3 min then put him back in the display
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How many times do you do that? Not real sure how to do that either. I could google it. And he is in qt right now. See how he progresses in next couple days.
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one packet per day for 5 days and reassess the eye
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The FW dip idea is to screen for Neobenedenia flukes. That's why I asked if only one eye is cloudy - with Neobenedenia, both eyes would be. In this case, the extra handling for the FW dip would just have the potential to cause further injury, so I wouldn't do that.
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So he has been in the qt for 10 days. I used api fin and body cure which worked well. He does still have a white line in his eye but it hasnt changed since day 6. So I was thinking of putting him back in the display tank. Whats the best way to do that?
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Is it eating well and acting normally? Is so, you should be able to move it back ok. Just avoid getting its spines caught in the net.
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As long as there isn’t a difference in water quality, you can just move it over. If there is a salinity or temperature difference, you would need to acclimate it.
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