Fish With Cataracts?

[kribensis12]

WIth teh advice and exeperience from Wilder in the Emergency Forum i am posting this. I have a Cockatoo Apistogramma with a Eye Cataract. And i have no idea hwo to cure it if it is cureable. Now, is it cureable? If so, how do i treat it? Will it kill my fish? HELP!

 

[jourdy288]

Maybe laser eye surgery? I don't know, I've heard of it in fish, but don't know the cure.

 

[Mauricia]

Umm... I don't know how to cure it, but one of my horses has a cataract and he needed to have his eye removed because nothing could be done. But he's happy and living his life as a blind horse now. So if I were you, if the fish seems otherwise happy, I would put him in a tank himself or with non-agressive fish and make sure it's easy for him to find food and stuff, since he probably can't see well.

 

[kribensis12]

She can see out of one eye, but not the other. I was told sometimes Fungal Medacines can treat it, but i wanted to know if anyone has experinced it and had known the cure. So , if i dont treat it, will she die?

 

[jourdy288]

It depends on what it is. If it is the same type that humans get she should be fine. However, if it is disease induced it could be lethal.

 

[tenohfive]

When you say cataract, does it look anything like this?

http/www.fishforums.net/content/Bettas/2...ta-Eye-Problem/

First pic.

 

[kribensis12]

Nope, that appears to be Popeye. I'll get a vid ( its on the other side of the fish, turn your sound on so you can hear my commentary!):




Do you see what i mean?