what do I need to buy?

Question

im getting my mom to do an emergency petco run cause I have a fish with a cloudy eye and a bunch of newborn fry in a breeder net, when should I have her pick up as far as meds and food and stuff

it is popped out quite a bit, and my water params are fine, it happened in one day, fine when I left home, came home 2 fry and clouded eye

pet store attendants know nothing!!!!! At least at my petco, and petsmart isnt an option

I need a list quick my mom will b there in like 10 mins

oh my...the eye isnt cloudy anymore, so im guessing since it was right after birth it was popeye caused by hormonal imbalence in the water?

So I guess I just need the list for fry supplies than

Answer 1

Probably some Maracyn or Maracyn-2 would do for the cloudy eye. For the fry food, get something like Liquifry. It comes for livebearer, egg layer or for bettas, so make sure she gets the right kind. As a home option to feeding fry, you can boil an egg and mash the yolk very fine and add a few drops of water to liquify and feed that. As with any liquid food, only feed a few drops because they can make a mess if you feed too much. Small whole food shouldn't be fed until at least 6 weeks as the fry could choke on the food.

Answer 2

Hard to tell from your description if this is a fungal cataract or popeye (bacterial infection).

Here's a website for fish disease diagnosis - it will give some treatment info depending on the cause.

http://www.fishdeals.com/fish_diseases/stressdisease.shtml

Answer 3

I would ask the pet store attendant... Thats what they are there for.. They are usually very helpful for any problem i have. Although I would recommend Petsmart before i would recommend Petco. Atleast in my city, anyway...