Fish Has A Cloudy Eye?

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One of my Harlequin Rasboras has an eye that looks cloudy and its kinda poofy... but the other eye is fine and all of the other fish look fine.... It could have been like this when i bought the fish and i never noticed but im not sure... please help!!!
 
Okay, ive done some research and i think that it is Gram Negative Bacterial infection according to this website, letter E. http://www.fishyfarmacy.com/fish_diseases/eyes.html I would take a pic. of the fish for yall but it refuses to move and its infected eye is facing the opposite side of the tank and it has been staying in that place for about 2-3 hours.... :no: Im very worried so if you could tell me some possible cures that have Gentamycin in them, or would treat it anyways that would be GREATLY appreciated.
 
All my sources say it could be a variety, from bacterial to parasitic to cataracts to mal-nutrition to poor water quality. Here are my two links on cloudy eye.

http://www.fishpalace.org/Disease.html#Cloudyeye
http://www.fish-disease.net/diseases/eye_flukes.php

Lets start with the basics. How big is your tank, what fish do you have in it, what is your tank maintence routine, what do you feed your fish, how old is the fish that is having trouble. Also, can you please post your ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and pH levels?
 
Ph-6.8
Amonia-.5
nitrite-.25
nitrate-5.0

the aquarium just got set up christmas day, and all of the fish got put in it 2 days later...... please read this it will tell you about my aquarium.... http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=120602 if that doesnt work its on the emergencies board titled new tank too many fish... help! I feed my fish tetramin pro flakes and tetra color flakes. Right now i have the infected Harlequin Rasbora in a 2 1/2 gallon tank by himself so if this is contagious it wont spread to the other fish
 
are those the ammonia readings in your tank or in the main tank?

Also, what happened with the clown loach and ich?


The amonia readings are in the main tank

The clown loach is being treated for ich, aswell as the whole main tank, and yes im doing half a dose. Once i get the Ich cleared up i plan to try to take him back to the store, i just dont want to take a sick fish to them becuase i may not take him back to the same store i bought him from i really dont like them.....
 
Make sure you are doing water changes to work on bringing down the ammonia and nitrite levels. These are probably stressing out your fish, making them prone to illness, which is what you are seeing.

Ok, as for the cause of the cloudy eye, i am leaning towards bacterial. I know your fish already have a weakend immune system from the ammonia and nitrite. Here is my reasoning on this. I don't think it is cataracts, simply because the fish is young. Also, it sounds like this started quickly, rather than over a few, which is what i would expect if it were eye flukes. Keeping his water pristine is essential right now. I'm really not very confident in this diagnosis, so i am going to PM a friend to take a look at this, but she won't be on until tomorrow (or later today depending on your time)
 
Cloudy eye is a symtom of a desease rather than a desease in its self, if the eye is prutruding i would put it down to poor water quality, pop eye is closely related to dropsy because of the build up of fluid behind the eye, i would keep an eye on the fish as it's immune system might of shut down and desease is setting in, as the toll on the fish with the cycling might of took it's toll.
Not the writer of this information below.
Exophthalmia (a.k.a. Pop-Eye)



Symptoms:

Fish with exophthalmia will have eyes that are abnormally enlarged and protrude from their sockets. In severe cases the eyes may actually burst from the socket, leaving the fish eyeless. Eye swelling is caused by a build up of fluids in or behind the eye.



Cause:

There can be any number of causes for this condition. Possible causes include poor water quality, bacterial infections, viral infections, eye flukes or other parasitic infestations, or piscine tuberculosis. Even though the fish may recover, the protruding eye may remain that way. This should not adversely affect that fish.



Treatment:

Since there are so many possible causes a broad-spectrum antibiotic is recommended, such as Tetracycline, but this treatment cannot obviously guarantee success. Be sure to keep water quality in good condition.
 
:/ the fish died... so i guess it isnt a problem anymore i hope.... i had him in QT so hopefully the other fish dont have anything wrong with them...
 
Sorry, R.I.P. wouldn't worry to much a cycle takes it toll on a fish causing a fish immune system to shut down, and i think this is what happened.
 

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