Catfish with one eye!, handicapped? |
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 Oct 20 2003, 02:32 PM
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 Fishaholic  Group: Member Posts: 260 Joined: 15-October 03 From: Somewhere over the rainbow... Member No.: 2539  |
A catfish my friend has, has only one eye. Is that bad? Really bad? Do they use their eyes a lot? Do they really need two eyes?
Also, do catfish like to hang out in groups? (and no, my friend's catfish is not a cory, i'm not sure what species it is. It's currently just a baby, a few inches in length. We were told that they grow over a foot in length) |
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Oct 20 2003, 02:37 PM
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 Leader of the Fishes  Group: Member Posts: 2087 Joined: 10-July 02 From: St. Neots, Cambridgeshire Member No.: 17 |
I now have two one eyed fish (thanks to "Trouble in my betta tank" - see Tropical Emergencies). One of them is a rummynosed tetra I bought that way and I've had him a couple of years now. The other is a cherry barb I'm going to call Long John Silver because he's also missing a tail from an earlier incident.
Anyway, one eyed fish are fine. They rely more on taste and smell to get around anyway, and a mysterious sense involving their lateral line, resembling sonar. |
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Oct 20 2003, 02:50 PM
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 watching bettas in a blender  Group: Moderators Posts: 11356 Joined: 8-February 03 From: London Member No.: 585 |
AA is right (nice to se youve woken up now Anna
 ), catfish can get on quite well with one eye, even being completly blind dosent bother them too much as a member of this site found to his horror, he had bought a blind tiger shovelnose catfish because he felt sorry for it, that was until it ate some of his fish one night 
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Oct 25 2003, 05:19 PM
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 Li'l Ole Fish Lady Group: Moderators Posts: 12969 Joined: 31-August 03 From: New York Member No.: 1847 |
Hi FlareBettaGuy
 Your friend's handicapped fish will undoubtably become a special pet of his. It's amazing how living things adapt to such problems.  Life is a precious thing. 
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Oct 26 2003, 01:13 AM
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 Fishaholic Group: Member Posts: 444 Joined: 12-October 03 From: Virginia...Or somewhere else on Earth Member No.: 2506 |
 It should be ok, it'll just be very special
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