i bought a coral beauty about two weeks ago and he now has cloudy eyes. i noticed the other day when feeding. he seems to be able to see fine but it kinda worries me it has gradually been getting worse over the past couple days. anyway Nitrate-20 Nitrite-20 ammonia-0 and ph is 8.2 been doing 10% water changes weekly with RODI but did 20% yesterday.
coral beauty
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winyfrog
Yep!
you need to reduce your nitrites to 0 this is very stressful for you fish. The coral beauty is showing signs of ich or scales. add garlic to his diet you may need to take him out and put him into QT, they can also usually tolerate FW dips.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
I'm guessing the nitrite reading of 20 is a typo? I hope so!
Melosu58
Reef enthusiast
I hope so also. Nitrites are lethal and need to be at 0. As far as the cloudy eyes, pristine water conditions will take care of the cloudy eyes.
dcantucson
Reef pro
+1 to all above.
cthegame
Reef enthusiast
besides the cloudy eyes, is the fish showing any other signs of stress? Is it eating?
+1 all of the above on the nitrite reading
+1 all of the above on the nitrite reading
Rcpilot
Reef enthusiast
I'm no fish expert, so I have a question:
If the cloudy eyes is from high nitrates, will the fish return to normal if the nitrates are lowered enough? Or is this damage permanent?
If the cloudy eyes is from high nitrates, will the fish return to normal if the nitrates are lowered enough? Or is this damage permanent?
yote
In Memoriam
Usually,but not always.
Theres several different factors involved like just how bad the water quality is,how long the fish has been in that condition,and the over all health of the fish.
But about 99.9% of the time,they'll clear up with good quality water and proper nutrition.
Bifferwine
I am a girl
Yep, usually illnesses caused by water quality issues will go away once the water quality improves.
cthegame
Reef enthusiast
thats great news.
