My porcupine puffer lost his eye due to ick

[Mike7744]

My puffers right eye is gone. There was a ick infection in my tank I am treating in a QT with Copper. As of yesterday his right eye is gone, just a white spot sunken in where the eye was. He is not swimming just sitting there.
Is there anything I can do?

 

[vetteguy53081]

My puffers right eye is gone. There was a ick infection in my tank I am treating in a QT with Copper. As of yesterday his right eye is gone, just a white spot sunken in where the eye was. He is not swimming just sitting there.
Is there anything I can do?

A pic under white lighting always helpful. I just posted a thread this past week regarding loss of an eye in which i have a cardinal fish with one eye. Began as popeye and was suddenly gone. Porcupines are susceptible to eye injuries as they are clumsy, bump into this and glass surf running up and down the tank.

Here is what I wrote:

There has been a few posts over the last few months with fish losing an eye and a question often asked - " will my fish live with one eye? "
The answer is yes but unknown is how close to normal longevity. I have a bangaii cardinal that had severe popeye a little over a year ago and one day the entire eye was gone and still function as normal of course obtaining a little less food than it did originally.
Often it starts as an injury or scratch and when the eye becomes cloudy, it's the start of trauma and risk of loss especially when left untreated. Many fish such as butterfly fish, clownfish, anthias fish, large puffers and grunts are susceptible to eye injury and even gas bubble issues.
When a fish loses an eye, often it will be sunken in, deflated or appear as a false eye. Often vitamin deficiencies after trauma can be a contributor.

 

[Mike7744]

A pic under white lighting always helpful. I just posted a thread this past week regarding loss of an eye in which i have a cardinal fish with one eye. Began as popeye and was suddenly gone. Porcupines are susceptible to eye injuries as they are clumsy, bump into this and glass surf running up and down the tank.

Here is what I wrote:

There has been a few posts over the last few months with fish losing an eye and a question often asked - " will my fish live with one eye? "
The answer is yes but unknown is how close to normal longevity. I have a bangaii cardinal that had severe popeye a little over a year ago and one day the entire eye was gone and still function as normal of course obtaining a little less food than it did originally.
Often it starts as an injury or scratch and when the eye becomes cloudy, it's the start of trauma and risk of loss especially when left untreated. Many fish such as butterfly fish, clownfish, anthias fish, large puffers and grunts are susceptible to eye injury and even gas bubble issues.
When a fish loses an eye, often it will be sunken in, deflated or appear as a false eye. Often vitamin deficiencies after trauma can be a contributor.

Did you do anything to treat the eye? Or just leave it alone.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Did you do anything to treat the eye? Or just leave it alone.

Left it alone- maintain good water quality

 

[Jay Hemdal]

My puffers right eye is gone. There was a ick infection in my tank I am treating in a QT with Copper. As of yesterday his right eye is gone, just a white spot sunken in where the eye was. He is not swimming just sitting there.
Is there anything I can do?

What caused the eye damage, any ideas? What other fish are in with it?

Jay

 

[Mike7744]

What caused the eye damage, any ideas? What other fish are in with it?

Jay

I think it was caused by ick I think

 

[Sharkbait19]

Ich won’t cause a fish to lose an eye - it was likely due to bacterial infection or injury.

 

[Mike7744]

Ich won’t cause a fish to lose an eye - it was likely due to bacterial infection or injury.

Should I be treating him with a different medication? Right now I have him in copper because of the ick. I'm pretty sure it was ick because my clown had it as well, all the fish are in QT

 

[Mike7744]

Question, is it possible that I did not have ick, and just a bacteria infection, on 2 fish. It did look like little white spots on both fish

 

[Sharkbait19]

The fish can still have had ich, but that wouldn’t cause the fish to lose an eye.

 

[Mike7744]

The fish can still have had ich, but that wouldn’t cause the fish to lose an eye.

Ok

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Can you please list what other fish are in with it? Posting a clear video is also very important. Help us to help you!

Jay

 

[Mike7744]

Can you please list what other fish are in with it? Posting a clear video is also very important. Help us to help you!

Jay

Porcupine puffer, green cromis, clown

 

[Jay Hemdal]

Porcupine puffer, green cromis, clown

O.K., I needed to rule out another fish taking the eye of the porcupine's eye out. Just need a video now.....linking to Youtube works well.

Jay

 

[Mike7744]

O.K., I needed to rule out another fish taking the eye of the porcupine's eye out. Just need a video now.....linking to Youtube works well.

Jay

I can't post a video right now, I'm not home

 

[Mike7744]

I can't post a video right now, I'm not home

He finally ate some shrimp today. Yay he hasn't eaten in 3 days

 

[Sharkbait19]

That’s good to hear. Definitely keep monitoring behavior. It is possible if it had ich that the injury would have come from flashing or rubbing aggressively against rocks, behavioral symptoms that can arise with an ich infection.