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Re: Cloudy Eye

Posted By: Steve Burton <sdburton@hotmail.com>
Date: Monday, 10 May 1999, at 4:34 a.m.

In Response To: Cloudy Eye (Robert)

HIya Rob,

Sorry to hear about your fish - one of my clowns had a cloudy eye recently - it was a sparring injury caused by their spines, it got infected and then turned cloudy. It may also have been caused by poor water when I performed a water change. Anyway, treating with a bactericide/fungicide eventually led to the eye clearing - after a fortnight of treatment with the bactericide, I stopped treating it, and it cleared up a lot quicker with no medicine. I also boosted the temperature a few degrees (up to 80f) and added aquatonic salts (1 teaspoon/5 gallons). If the tank is an established aquarium, and no fish have been added in the last 3-4 months, I doubt if it would be a