I got a Male Peacock Cichlid this week & his left eye was scraped in a violent amateur netting. The guy at the store practically dragged him across the gravel sideways. Over the past 2 days, his eye has been covered with a white film that bulges out over the eye and appears to have a hole in the center of it... The eye underneath looks intact. It looks like a puss barrier encasing the eye. Its very puffy & large. Like tripple the distance that his other eye extends from his body.
Is there a reccommended medicine for this sort of thing? I started putting melaflix in the water, but I don't know that its the correct thing to use.
He's one of these....
http://cjexotics.com/images/alunarubadmale.jpg
Unfortunately my digital camera was stepped on recently, so I can't take a picture of his affliction to share. I haven't had to deal with many injured fish in my time. I got him for a steal (he was in the wrong tank at petsmart & I got him for $4 - he is an adult)
2007-01-31
03:22:50
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