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Hi,
I'd really appreciate some advice or even a treatment plan.
My triggerfish developed some cloudy eyes during his fin rot infection last September. Since then, his severely damaged caudal fin healed completely. A couple months ago we moved house which stressed him immensely and he was pacing consistently for several weeks, but I finally figured out which window caused reflections that upset him - and we've been completely pacing-free for 4 or so weeks.
He's eating happily and otherwise behaving normally, doing triggerfish-things. He's gained weight ever since he stopped the pacing. No heavy breathing. No flashing. The second fish in the tank (a lawn-mower blenny) is completely symptom-free.
However, his cloudy eyes never went away. It hasn't gotten worse, either, though.
So this is the timeline of "treatment", so far.
Late September 2020 - Furan 2 treatment for fin rot and cloudy eye. Fin rot went away completely and stayed away.
mid-November 2020 - Melafix for cloudy eye and a white patch/scratch. White scratch healed, cloudy eyes remained.
Water parameters are good and have been good. So neither correcting/improving those, reducing stress, nor time helped to clear the cloudy eyes.
So I'm wondering:
1) could this be permanent damage? He can see. And from what I can see it does appear to be on the cornea, not internal in the eye, but I'm not 100% sure. He does not let me get close enough and he also has a reflective retina which enhances the cloudyness effect.
2) What would be the next treatment I should try?
Another round of AB? If so - which?
Prazipro?
Another round of Melafix?
I'm not comfortable doing a freshwater dip and I do not have the option of a QT. I don't have inverts or corals, so can treat in the DT, but rather not kill my beneficial bacteria if I can avoid it.
Any advice would be really appreciated! Thank you!!
#reefsquad
@Jay Hemdal
I'd really appreciate some advice or even a treatment plan.
My triggerfish developed some cloudy eyes during his fin rot infection last September. Since then, his severely damaged caudal fin healed completely. A couple months ago we moved house which stressed him immensely and he was pacing consistently for several weeks, but I finally figured out which window caused reflections that upset him - and we've been completely pacing-free for 4 or so weeks.
He's eating happily and otherwise behaving normally, doing triggerfish-things. He's gained weight ever since he stopped the pacing. No heavy breathing. No flashing. The second fish in the tank (a lawn-mower blenny) is completely symptom-free.
However, his cloudy eyes never went away. It hasn't gotten worse, either, though.
So this is the timeline of "treatment", so far.
Late September 2020 - Furan 2 treatment for fin rot and cloudy eye. Fin rot went away completely and stayed away.
mid-November 2020 - Melafix for cloudy eye and a white patch/scratch. White scratch healed, cloudy eyes remained.
Water parameters are good and have been good. So neither correcting/improving those, reducing stress, nor time helped to clear the cloudy eyes.
So I'm wondering:
1) could this be permanent damage? He can see. And from what I can see it does appear to be on the cornea, not internal in the eye, but I'm not 100% sure. He does not let me get close enough and he also has a reflective retina which enhances the cloudyness effect.
2) What would be the next treatment I should try?
Another round of AB? If so - which?
Prazipro?
Another round of Melafix?
I'm not comfortable doing a freshwater dip and I do not have the option of a QT. I don't have inverts or corals, so can treat in the DT, but rather not kill my beneficial bacteria if I can avoid it.
Any advice would be really appreciated! Thank you!!
#reefsquad
@Jay Hemdal