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Post by twoluvcats on May 11, 2005 22:57:15 GMT -5
My angelfish has developed a cloudy eye. Its not protruding, but i can tell by the way that he's been acting that he can't see out of it. It looks like a cataract. Is this a treatable disease? Would melafix be something that would help it? I'm at a loss. He's eating, and active. I actually didn't notice it right away, cause he always looks at me with his good eye. But a friend noticed tonight that there was something wrong with it  |
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Post by twoluvcats on May 17, 2005 9:02:25 GMT -5
Well, I figured out it is a fungus...so he's in my hospital tank getting treated with a Melafix/Pimafix combo. We are on day 4 and he still can't see out of the eye...it makes feeding time oh so interesting LOL
Here's a question...do fish have reactionary pupils like land vertebrates do? In my blind dog's worst eye the pupil is open all the way...he can't see a speck out of that eye. In contrast, on my angel's bad eye, the 'pupil' is constricted and smaller than the eye that works. Its just something I noticed and it got me thinking.
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Post by amanichen on May 18, 2005 10:57:32 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that some fish do have size-changing pupils, although you probably won't notice it unless you really look for it. Some don't, and I don't know exactly which ones do or don't  As for your fish, thee eye tissue is probably swollen though, which is causing the pupil size to change. |
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Post by twoluvcats on May 19, 2005 9:11:30 GMT -5
That seems to be it. Yesterday was the first day I saw some improvement in his eye. The pupil is slightly bigger...and he seems to be seeing shadows out of the eye at least.
Feeding is still a challenge...he gets confused and sees the food falling in the reflection on the glass and tries to go get it in the reflection, instead of turning around and actually getting it <sigh> poor guys nose must be sore from banging on the glass. Ahhhh, angelfish...they're pretty, but not very bright LOL
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Post by amanichen on May 19, 2005 9:23:13 GMT -5
Smaller fish tend not to be that bright |
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Post by twoluvcats on May 24, 2005 9:28:31 GMT -5
So...the cloudiness is about gone...but the vision is still pretty sketchy...He's been in melafix/pimafix since the 13th...should i keep treating till his vision improves, or just until the cloudiness goes away?
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Post by amanichen on May 26, 2005 9:56:38 GMT -5
Keep treating till a few days after the cloudyness goes away.
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