Fish With a Bloodshot Eye?

[FAcT_oR_FiCTiON]

Hi guys. It never ends with this White Cloud I adopted. I thought he was better from columnaris, then fin rot (actually, the fin rot seems to be there still a bit), and now his eye is looking red, not swollen, but bloodshot around the outter ring (sort of like a person's). This goes for both eyes, and the very tip of his mouth looks a little red as well. He also seems to get very scared very quickly.

I've had a 6.6 gallon I've been trying to move them into for weeks. It's actually sitting very near to the current 1 gallon they're in, and I've seen the fish with the red face swiming towards it on several occasions (only to repeatedly hit the side of the 1 gallon tank). Could he be hurting himself maybe? Popeye? I have no idea. I was treating them with Tetracycline because both had columnaris and 1 had fin rot. Columnaris is gone, but fin rot is eeeh, not too sure.

I hope you all dont hate me. I'm really trying with these fish, I swear.

[Coler]

good for you :)

I guess it is possible that he is suffering blunt trauma, and/or possibly his condition is rendering him disorientated - move the 6.6 away from his tank and see if he still swims into the tank wall. reddish/bloody patches can be a sign of some horrible septicaemic infection though as well.

how are your tank parameters for ammonia, nitrite, nitrate and what test kit are you using - also what else is in the tank ?

[Lupin]

It just seems to me that from your endless encounter with this fish's issues, the immune system is very weak. If it fails to recover, I'd consider euthanasia on it. I hate to say it but a fish with continuous issues with its health won't likely be able to survive for long. I find it very unusual for white clouds considering they are sturdy enough in the first place.

[FAcT_oR_FiCTiON]

hmmm.. from what I gather, it appears as though the ammonia is lower than 0.25, nitrate=0, nitrite=0, hardness=75, chlorine=0, alkalinity=40, pH=6.2

sooooo, the pH and alkalinity are too low. i've wondered about simply moving them to the bigger tank because its been hard to maintain them in this 1 gallon. i'm scared that i'll infect the tank though (it's been cycling for 3 weeks!).

[Coler]

well...any ammonia can cause problems...nitrate 0 is strange and suggests an uncycled tank unless heavily planted.

Ph and alkalinity are likely not the problem here. noting that you have had a long history of issues with the fish its entirely probably that it is simply greatly weakened and sickly.

it seems to me that your options are either to move the healthy fish to the 6 gallon and hope the sick one is not contagious for anything, or leave them in with the sick one and hope, or euthanise the sick one, monitor the remainder for symptoms for a couple of weeks and then move them.

I am all for good fish husbandry and trying to treat disease where possible - but it seems you may have already given this little guy a fair chance...

either way stay on top of that ammonia issue and any other nitrogen cycle management necessary - nitrates should not be 0, as said already.

[kjenber]

I have a fish with a reoccurring deal my self , Not that this helps you at all .

Maybe the fish has glaucoma get is some blue blockers
:eek3:
And listen to Coler

[FAcT_oR_FiCTiON]

hey guys, appreciate the advice. i'll wait it out and see how they do. i did a 50 percent water change, so maybe that could be the reason for the nitrate reason (yesterday). i've been treating them with tetracycline. i'll do that over the weekend and end everything and see how they do.