I got this Juvenille Clown Trigger Back in June 2021. PHOTO IN (10G QT Tank), after QT he was moved into Display Tank and has been doing well. Very sociable, like a dog.
He has been growing and living in my Display Tank with a couple of Tangs, and pair of Clown Fish for over a year. That tank has been disease-free for years. He was the last fish added. All fish get along very well.
This is him today .
In past with Laser-sharp-Vision he could zip around the tank and get most of the food before other fish. I had to feed at both ends of tank so other fish would get some. The tank is fed frozen brine shrimp, Mysis, Nori, pellets, and specifically for the Trigger Chopped up Frozen (Costco) "RAW, not cooked" Alaskan Jumbo Shrimp....I checked [No additives, perservatives] . The Trigger enjoyed all the food and was always greedy at feeding time.
The last couple of months I notice he is missing food. Trigger is still super fast and has good co-ordination. He still an has appetite but it takes a few attempts to catch the food. He can no longer catch pellets anymore since too small to see. He certainly can see me from a distance since he begs for food like all fish. It's like he is far sighted and needs reading, I mean "Feeding Glasses" . LOL
He doesn't bump into the rockwork or glass and has no issues with vision to pass through rockwork and narrow caves.
To get a better diagnosis on his vision I started putting his chunk of Shrimp on a Nori Clip so it doesn't move around with the current. He smells it and tried to eat the pieces of food (stationary on clip) but misses and ends up hitting tank glass. It does takes a few attempts for Clown to hit the target. This certainly indicates his vision is degrading. I have read that fish can get Cataracts.
Could I do anything to recover his vision by improving his diet since he still is fairly young and will continue to grow?
I do have one suspicion another possible cause. Few months ago I wanted to added some new corals to tank so I put in few Candy Cane Trumpets. Big mistake!! He loved their crunchy stems and ate about 8-10 Trumpet in a period of a 2 months. Not sure if he ate the green flesh part of every trumpet, but I noticed the vision problem after his Coral Crunch Feast. Is is possible the Trumpets were toxic to his vision?
Another thing I noticed when comparing photos on internet of other Clown Triggers is my Clown Trigger has eyes that are much more larger and bulging out. Both eyes look the same and no signs of injury or disease that I recognize.
Can I do something to help restore his vision?
He has been growing and living in my Display Tank with a couple of Tangs, and pair of Clown Fish for over a year. That tank has been disease-free for years. He was the last fish added. All fish get along very well.
This is him today .
In past with Laser-sharp-Vision he could zip around the tank and get most of the food before other fish. I had to feed at both ends of tank so other fish would get some. The tank is fed frozen brine shrimp, Mysis, Nori, pellets, and specifically for the Trigger Chopped up Frozen (Costco) "RAW, not cooked" Alaskan Jumbo Shrimp....I checked [No additives, perservatives] . The Trigger enjoyed all the food and was always greedy at feeding time.
The last couple of months I notice he is missing food. Trigger is still super fast and has good co-ordination. He still an has appetite but it takes a few attempts to catch the food. He can no longer catch pellets anymore since too small to see. He certainly can see me from a distance since he begs for food like all fish. It's like he is far sighted and needs reading, I mean "Feeding Glasses" . LOL
He doesn't bump into the rockwork or glass and has no issues with vision to pass through rockwork and narrow caves.
To get a better diagnosis on his vision I started putting his chunk of Shrimp on a Nori Clip so it doesn't move around with the current. He smells it and tried to eat the pieces of food (stationary on clip) but misses and ends up hitting tank glass. It does takes a few attempts for Clown to hit the target. This certainly indicates his vision is degrading. I have read that fish can get Cataracts.
Could I do anything to recover his vision by improving his diet since he still is fairly young and will continue to grow?
I do have one suspicion another possible cause. Few months ago I wanted to added some new corals to tank so I put in few Candy Cane Trumpets. Big mistake!! He loved their crunchy stems and ate about 8-10 Trumpet in a period of a 2 months. Not sure if he ate the green flesh part of every trumpet, but I noticed the vision problem after his Coral Crunch Feast. Is is possible the Trumpets were toxic to his vision?
Another thing I noticed when comparing photos on internet of other Clown Triggers is my Clown Trigger has eyes that are much more larger and bulging out. Both eyes look the same and no signs of injury or disease that I recognize.
Can I do something to help restore his vision?
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