Anyone ever hear of a fish going blind? One of the 6 percula clowns, the largest of the bunch, stopped eating about a 2 months ago and has been losing body mass ever since.
He has been swimming erratically and is bumping into everything in the tank (live rock, glass, stonies etc....)
Based on this behavior, I was about to extract him from the tank as not to infect other inhabitants- to my surprise, he was easy to catch- too easy, like he didn't see the net coming....
My wife jokingly said she thought he was blind.....
We have had this group of true perculas for over 8 years and all have names.
Based on her joke, I put some thawed mysis shrimp into the net and held him in the tank against the glass where he ate like a carnivore.
I have been capturing him in the net to feed him for 3 weeks now and he is absolutely healthy again other than his sight.
His eyes are not fully black like the other percs in the tank and have become reflective to the lighting.
Anyone ever hear of such a strange occurrance?
Chris :confused:
He has been swimming erratically and is bumping into everything in the tank (live rock, glass, stonies etc....)
Based on this behavior, I was about to extract him from the tank as not to infect other inhabitants- to my surprise, he was easy to catch- too easy, like he didn't see the net coming....
My wife jokingly said she thought he was blind.....
We have had this group of true perculas for over 8 years and all have names.
Based on her joke, I put some thawed mysis shrimp into the net and held him in the tank against the glass where he ate like a carnivore.
I have been capturing him in the net to feed him for 3 weeks now and he is absolutely healthy again other than his sight.
His eyes are not fully black like the other percs in the tank and have become reflective to the lighting.
Anyone ever hear of such a strange occurrance?
Chris :confused: