I have a 4" Pleco that lives in a 10 gallon tank with 4 small female guppies. He has an eye infection with a white film covering one eye and starting on the other. Also, I have had him for over a year and have never seen him eat and when I drop algae discs in the water they just end up sitting there until they dissolve. How do I a. Stop the infection he has now, and B. Prevent further ones, and C. I was thinking about getting some more fish, would this be over kill?
2007-08-02 07:54:05 · 4 answers · asked by Robbie 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I'm pretty sure it is not ick. I am familiar with ick and none of the other fish have it. "Cloudy Eye" seemed to match the best but i am not sure.
2007-08-02 08:22:30 · update #1
It definately sounds like cloudy eye but not ick
Here is some more info on it and treatment
http://www.thatfishshop.com/health/cloudy_eye.htm
http://www.nationalfishpharm.com/fish_diseases/eyes.html
Hope this info helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-02 08:31:32 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
before including water on your tank make beneficial it sits out for 24hrs. this would enable the chlorine to coach to air bubbles around the interior the glass. Stir it up and the bubbles upward thrust out of the glass. Water will additionally take out what ever meals or minerals it needs to stability itself including calcium. in case you have nicely water that is sucking your fish dry. It sounds like there is a few thing interior the water or it is lacking some thing. Take the water in a small field to the puppy keep and have it examined and that they are going to inform you what you choose. bear in suggestions that water is there air. no remember if that could be a splash off they are going to die.
2016-12-15 03:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the white film you are talking about is called "ick". When it gets on the body it looks like cyrstals on the fins and stuff like that, when it gets on the eyes it will be a film and it will cover the body of the fish also. I have a red belly pacu that gets this film from time to time. I put tablets in there that I get from wal-mart. Hope this helps
2007-08-02 08:02:55 · answer #3 · answered by ncpinkladyistryingtohelponthisok 1 · 0⤊ 4⤋
yea some of my discus had this to. i agree with eb. but this is caused from poor water quality that all i know.
2007-08-02 09:49:53 · answer #4 · answered by kdogg91 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋