My Porcupine Pufferfish’s eyes are clouded?!?

[FishFinatic ;)]

Hey everyone-

My porcupine pufferfish recently just had ich. He was covered in spots, so I decided to start a course of Kick-Ich. His spots have much improved, but today, when I went to go check on him, his eyes are really clouded. It looks like there’s a film or something over them. His eye still looks like a smooth bubble, but it definitely looks like there’s clouding. I’ve heard of this happening before, but I'm not sure what it is and/or what to do about it. I attached some pics, I can take more if any of you need more, but you can kinda see in the pics what I’m talking about. Any insight would be really appreciated.

Thank you all in advance

 

[HotRocks]

Do you have any other fish in the tank? If so how do they look?

The eyes look pretty bad, I am wondering if you are dealing with something more sinister like velvet. Can you upload some more up close photos?

 

[FishFinatic ;)]

Do you have any other fish in the tank? If so how do they look?

The eyes look pretty bad, I am wondering if you are dealing with something more sinister like velvet. Can you upload some more up close photos?

There are actually no other fish in the tank, except one snail. That’s it though. I will take some closer pics right now. If it is velvet, how is that treated??

 

[HotRocks]

I do think it may be velvet as I can see a lot of little white specs on the fins.

Velvet is treated with either copper or CP. You would probably want to move the fish to a QT in order to treat it and allow your DT to be fallow. Do you have any other livestock at all?

Is the fish a new addition? Or have you recently added anything else "wet" to the tank?

 

[FishFinatic ;)]

I do think it may be velvet as I can see a lot of little white specs on the fins.

Velvet is treated with either copper or CP. You would probably want to move the fish to a QT in order to treat it and allow your DT to be fallow. Do you have any other livestock at all?

Is the fish a new addition? Or have you recently added anything else "wet" to the tank?

No, it’s not a new addition at all. I’ve had him for about 9 months or so. I added a snail, just a couple days ago, but that’s it. I don’t have any other livestock either, just that little guy. And, I’ve never been through this before, so how do I treat with copper or CP?? Plus, what is CP?? I’ve never been down this road with my fish, especially since he was doing so well before he got ich, and now this. Sorry for all the questions, I’m just worried about my little guy!!

 

[HotRocks]

This should walk you through treatment.

Velvet (Amyloodinium ocellatum)

Marine Velvet Disease (Amyloodinium ocellatum) What You Need To Know: * Fast killing parasite capable of wiping out most of your fish in just a matter of days. Sometimes there are survivors, sometimes not. * Can be treated in a quarantine tank using Chloroquine phosphate or Copper. A 5...

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[FishFinatic ;)]

I just called my LFS, and they said they don’t think it’s velvet. I think he might match the description of velvet, but they don’t think so. I don’t want something to happen to my fish, and I don’t want to treat him in the wrong way.... if it is velvet I want to treat him appropriately, but if it’s not, I want to treat him accordingly as well. My LFS admitted they don’t have much experience with velvet, so I’m stuck between a rock and a hard place here. Ahhhhh!!