royal gramma blind?

[aznr3m1x]

my royal gramma has a coating on its eyes preventing it from seeing. Is there anything I could do to help its eyes?

[mickey85]

sounds like it could be a fungus.

[aznr3m1x]

is there any medications for fungus?

[Mirepa]

sounds like pop-eye almost.. i may be wrong! uhmm... I know there is a treatment but forgot the name I'll go see if I can find it

[Six]

fungal in fections grow on extremely neglected bacterial infections. it's probably a bacterial infection or, if the fish is new, an eye parasite (a recently wild caught fish problem).

 

Usually clean water and a better diet is all that you need to clear a bacterial infection unless you can QT and medicate. There are no reef friendly antibacterial medications, regardless of what the packages say. (No laws as to what you can/cant sell fish-keepers. I am under the impression there is a particular brand of chemical that is actually bottled ammonia.)

 

If it's an eye parasite, a FW dip will be best.

 

If it's a bac infection, kanamycin, metronitizole, or kamycin, or erythromycin would be fine. Ive had best luck with kanamycin. (i probably misspelled it but it's very close to that spelling.)

 

GL

[Slo Nudibranch]

bump

[Six]

are you bumping the thread to see what happened to the fish and what treated it? i'd like to know as well.

 

[MillerLite]

Whatever you do, if you decide to treat the fish, do not treat the tank. Set up a small 5-10 gallon aquarium wiht a heater and a airpump or small external filter for water movement. Treat the tank, kill your tank. Remove the fish to a quarantine tank and treat it there....