Injured or Diseased Cichlid Eyes???
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Yeah, that sucks...but fortunately fish have other sensory means like their lateral line. Are you going to keep it in a tank by itself? Choose tankmates carefully!
My cichlids will get banged up eyes when squabbling, but it's not usually severe. They look ugly, roughed up, and cloudy, but it resolves in a few days. Just keep the water quality high, hopefully yours is not permanently blind.
Off topic, but do you have a full body shot of the fish in your avatar? I always thought it was a cobalt blue zebra from the face, I'd love to see the rest of him.My avatar pic is of a P. socolofiProbably is, if the blue is solid.
It sounds like Cloudy eye, try the Epsom salts and daily water changes should clear up, do not result to chemical medicines unless desperately needed..
Will do. Anyone know what a reasonable specific gravity is for freshwater salt medicated tanks or if this even reasonable for measuring such a parameter? And pitbull I completely agree w/ not using meds if necessary. I KISS (keep it simple stupid) =) unless in desperate situations.
Sure thing, Labby
Also pictured in tank is a P. crabro, yellow lab and CAE - all in a 29 gallon tank, yikes!
I ended up rehoming all 3 fish to a lady with an 125 gallon tank, but kept a 55 gallon tank full of approximately two dozen growout babies (they looked like a mix of P. socolofi and yellow lab, but perhaps they were P. crabro and P. socolofi?)
That is them pictured in the second pic.
Sorry for the hijack :lipssealedsmilie:
Looking at pics, a cobalt blue zebra (P. zebra) and a powder blue cichlid (P. socolofi) are almost indistinguishable, the key seems to be a black stripe on the dorsal fin, similar to a yellow lab...which mine lacked. I always figured I had a watered down, hybridized, "mixed African cichlid tank" P. socolofi, but maybe I just had a cobalt blue zebra after all!
And perhaps that is also the fish you have, Bgolfer
And perhaps that is also the fish you have, Bgolfer
Epsom salts and regular non iodized salts should be utilized DO NOT USE MARINE OR SEA SALTS, as for these regular salts do not read on the gravity scale..
Usually a rule of thumb would be to use 1 TBL spoon per 5gal of tank water.. Be careful with this dosage on scaleless fish like cats..
Usually a rule of thumb would be to use 1 TBL spoon per 5gal of tank water.. Be careful with this dosage on scaleless fish like cats..
Def no scaleless fish in that tank. I didn't know that salt wouldn't register on the specific gravity scale, figured it might be possible but oh well. I got a 1.5x dose in there now w/ 10-15% changes every other day. If things don't clear up I think I may move to a 2x dose of salt and 20% water change every other day.
UPDATE: Eyes are nearly completely clear, at least compared to before. And fish is eating healthily. Thanks for all comment/suggestions!
UPDATE: Eyes are nearly completely clear, at least compared to before. And fish is eating healthily. Thanks for all comment/suggestions!
