Help Me!!!

[Joseph1391]

Red Eye Tetra

Ok I just recently did a water change on my 10 gallon tank just a couple of hours ago.. And I just went in my room and my red eye tetra was laying between my plants so i thought it was stuck.. so i moved my plants.. and it swam up to the top.. and it turned around and THE OTHER EYE IS GONE!! It only has 1 eye.. Does anyone know why?? Is it going to live?? Please help me!!!!!

 

[khombre]

some1 mustve popped it.. poor guy...

maybe it was lethargic enough to begin with and one of the tankmates bit it off? :look:

 

[Marinemom]

Sometimes if the fish appears to be dying than the other fish will pick on it and even try to start eating it before it is actually dead. I would move the fish to a quarentine tank ASAP before any other fish attacks it and it can try to recover without being hasseled.

Marinemom

 

[Joseph1391]

just thought i would let you know that the red eye died lastnight... it just layed in one of the fake plants and died there... it did live a while though for only having one eye...

 

[jwddboy]

sorry to hear it. Im afraid that when a fish starts to die and the other fish realise this, they will go straight to the eyes. This can happen before or after it is dead however.