How do you know if your Black Moor is blind?

Question

Okay. So I realize that Black Moor Goldfish have rather poor sight to begin with so at first, I figure it was just part of his maturing process. As they get older, they go from their bronzey-gold color to a more velvet texture. Their eyes start to telescope out, etc. Well, two of the three fancy tails that I purchased, turned out to be sick when I got them. They all came from the same tank. I've changed my water each time one died, done the proper water conditioning, let it set 24 hours, yadda yadda.

Well, my Black Moor has been developing and swimming around but his eyes have turned almost completely white. Normally, the scales form a protective layer and a lot of times, they'll have red-eye. It looks like it tried but his eyes are white. There really isn't any other way to describe it. And I'm not sure if he's eating. It's like he's trying but he can't get to the food even though I've taken the plants out of the tank.(they were fake. it's a simple 1 gallon.) Someone help?

Well, I guess my roommate was right when she said she was cursed with fish. I'd been checking on him every couple of hours, just to see if he was still swimming around and when I walked into my room a few minutes ago, he was dead. Sigh.

I have a filter, I don't overfeed. My water is clean and conditioned. I've done everything right. I've had fish for a really long time, mostly bettas and I've never had any problems. The only reason I had to get new fish is because you can't very well bring a betta with you on a 16 hour drive to a new location. LoL Oh well. It happens, I guess. Maybe I'll just look into getting a betta. That's where my best structure lies. Thanks to those who gave answers. It's much appreciated.

In not attempting to get "upset" or whatever, I shall remain civil. Comes to find out, I purchased the fish from a bad shop. I just moved here like 3 weeks ago so I was unaware that they were bad fish. I'd had more than one person tell me that the pet shop was good so I trusted the judgment. Things seemed fine. The fish that I purchased were the smaller breed of goldfish. The 1 gallon was the tank that I had and was waiting on the larger, which now, I'm not going to get. And as for the water, I'd only had the fish for about 8 days. I never sat it outside. I simply gave it 24 hours with the conditioner before placing the fish inside. I'm very much aware that fish need 'more space' but I'm sure they would have been fine considering they swim in schools in the tanks in pet stores for god knows how long. Another week wouldn't have hurt them, were they actually healthy, I'm sure. None the less. They aren't here anymore. Oh well. It's over. : )

Answer 1

Hi Candy, I see you did your research on Moors colouration but unfortunately you missed the bit about keeping them alive. A one gallon tank is no suitable home for ANY fish let alone one Goldfish but 3 is asking for trouble & you are unwittingly sentencing them to a slow painful death. Also if I'm understanding you correctly you only change the water when one dies? Goldfish require a rigorous maintenance regime of perhaps one 30% water change each & every week to keep the tank healthy & your fish thriving & that's assuming you have a suitable size of tank to start with which would be at least 29 gallons with a filter & a lid.. Your tank sounds like a toxic nightmare that has already started meltdown.

The white eye is almost certainly caused by poor water quality, I recommend you get a large tank as described above, ensure your water quality is perfect [you will need a test kit] & feed a course of medicated food such as Medi-Gold. he may or may not recover his sight but otherwise healthy but blind Goldfish have no problem navigating & feeding. You need to do something about this immediately, he is suffering.

The link below tells you all about proper tank maintenance-if you have any concerns please email me & I'll try to help further.

Answer 2

It may die from stress but technically it can survive without an eye. You could think about separating the fish by putting the black moor in a small tank by itself. Most pet stores sell a small cylinder like tank for about $20 that is pretty habitable for a goldfish.

Answer 3

The white eyes are a symptom of Slime Disease/poor water quality- and the red velvet texture is an Oodinium parasite. Also, the swollen eyes is an internal bacteria infection. They will probably die if you don't get the right treatment from the petstore. Also, you only change 15%-25% of the water right? Anymore takes out the beneficial bacteria and you have a filter correct?

Answer 4

Over feeding causes crud to build up in the tank which then encourages the growth of bacteria and other microscopic paraistes as ;the other poster mentioned

The key to fish sucess is "do not overfeed.

I understand One flake a day for each fish...

this rule is in the fih's best interest.. Anna

Answer 5

it probably has cloudy eye which it kinda looks like its blind but you vaguely can make out the eye pupil and can be treated easily with medication and if it is blind the eye turns white shiney
but it can still live a long natural life but you might have to hand feed it or teach it to eat from a certain area in the tank
and trust me nobody cursed with fish
its could have been many thing temperature fluctuation,ph was to low or high, nitrates or nitrites,and i would never try the setting the tap water out side for days things becuase its different from other peoples tap and might have more calcium or minerals so always use water conditioner and a betta could travel more than 16 hours in the same water you just have to make sure it dosent swoosh around and spill amazingly bettas are shi[pped in tiny bags with hardly any water and there just fine