one eyed neon

[navigator]

Hi there folks, my run of bad luck continues, I have just looked into my tank to see one of my neons listing in the middle of the tank lying sort of at 45 degrees of an angle an d twitching on all fins. it still datrts about whenever another fish goes near it but to my horror I have noticed that this neon has only one eye the other is gone. I have no idea of how this has happened but I am hoping that this is not some kind of ailment that these fish suffer. What I am wondering is what to do with the little blighter do I just leave it, quarantine it or euthanase it. please help.

 

[navigator]

Have just added some food to the tank and hey the little blighter is trying hard to feed but it looks like it cannot focus properly at least it is trying

 

[WILDER]

They can survive on one eye, what s worrying me is the twitching and darting i had one and he kept whirling around as well, he was a glow light tetra put him down in the end he was getting no better and i didn't want him infecting the whole tank, as i read up on whirling desease.

 

[navigator]

I think my main worry is how this happened in the first place, all my fish are very placid except for one honey gourami who hassled my other gourami till it gave up the ghost the other day. I hope i have not got a problem fish in the tank that is gonna keep on doing this as it would be so difficult to monitor.

 

[WILDER]

It would be best if you could issolate the fish so you can observe him.