dempsey with cloudy eye

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ALAINA

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she has had this since i got her a few months ago.. she is my first dempsey so i just now realized its slowly getting worse.. she is in a 55 gallon with baby cons and a 2 1/2 inch con.. they all started to breath a bit heavier today too.. and advice would be great, im a bit worried

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Goodcreature

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What's the pH in the tank? Do the rest of the fish in the tank show any signs of cloudy eyes as well? How often do you do water changes?
 

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Cloudy eyes are usually a sign of septicemia (bacterial infection) but I think parasites like ich or flukes can also cloud eyes. They can also hide in gills causing respiratory problems with no other outward signs. Bacterial gill disease or ammonia/nitrite are also possibilities.

That the increased respiration happened simultaneously with all the other fish makes ammonia/nitrite or some other chemical irritant a stronger possibility. An infection usually isn't so perfectly synchronized.
 
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