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[fishking123]

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Type of fish: 7 bar frontosa 15cm he is f1
Symptoms:he has a grey i
Other tank mates: 2 outher frontosa same size and 2 breeding pairs of convicts and some outher samll fish
Tank size / capacity:250l
Type of Food fed:nls/live food
Feeding frequency/amount:2x every day
Substrate:sand
Type of filtration:eheim 2217
Frequency of filter cleans:every 6 weeks give or take
Frequency and % volume of water changes:%20 every week
Last water change: 3 day's ago
PH:8
KH:na
GH:na
Nitrite:na
Nitrate:na
Ammonia:0
Phosphate:na
Water temp:27
Medications used recently to date:na
Any recent changes..new fish/filters/power outages etc etc:no?

hay all my male frontosa has a grey i and i think its not getting better..
i think it may be from the convicts so i took out the breeding mum's.
will he be ok??

[fishking123]

this is him

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Edited by fishking123, 04 May 2012 - 05:25 AM.

[Mattymak]

He looks fine to me mate, though im not an expert

Edited by Mattymak, 05 May 2012 - 03:30 PM.

[Riggers]

He could have scraped his eye on some rock work Brad, it's pretty common for fronts to bang emselves into stuff, they can be a little skittish.. The greyish appearance could be the protective layer that builds up over a damaged eye. I'm not sure how to treat this though, maybe another member can help a little more

[Bowdy]

Test your water make sure that's fine first the cloudy eye can be a sign of ammonia.

[Riggers]

Good point Ray, is it one eye brad or both? Just the one fish or a couple?

[fishking123]

well its only in 1.. i think its from the breeding convicts. my ammonia is 0

[Bowdy]

What are your other readings you haven't listed them

[fishking123]

not sure. i dont have a testkit for every one yet.. i will trade some of my bn fry on monday and get some testkits.

[Bowdy]

You only have test kit for ph and ammonia ?
Get yourself a master test kit.

[fishking123]

yea only the 2 master testkit?

[fishking123]

He its not geting better only worse! is there a chance he can die? he is the dom male in the tank..

[Melvin]

yea only the 2 master testkit?

"Clicky Here"

Do you have a quarantine tank/spare tank to move him to?

[Mattymak]

was gonna offer you a tank to use as a spare/quarantine but ur in nsw

[fishking123]

yell thanks for the offer. i think is will be ok just can see out of one i..
i went to my lfs and did a trade i got $100 for 40 3cm bn fry so i got 2 of the master test kit

"Clicky Here"

Do you have a quarantine tank/spare tank to move him to?

no but he can stay in the 4ft for now coz i am puting all that's in my 4ft in to my 6x2.5x2.5 so he will have a 4 ft tank to himself

[Bowdy]

"Clicky Here"

Do you have a quarantine tank/spare tank to move him to?

Dude why would you suggest some Other mob when our local sponsors are cheaper. And support our club.

http://www.aquariumo...aster-test-kit/

And I bet postage is cheaper also.

[fishking123]

edit. :/

Edited by fishking123, 05 May 2012 - 07:03 PM.

[Bowdy]

Nice edit king haaaa

[Riggers]

I reckon what's happened Brad is that your fronty has copped a beating to one eye, the cloudiness is the fish's reaction to the wound, kinda like a scab. It might heal by itself but could mean the loss of the eye, it really depends on how bad the damage is, if it doesn't look like its healing by itself you could try treating him while he's in a seperate tank. I'm not sure what you could use but melafix comes to mind as it great for damaged fins and cuts, not 100% sure bout eyes though, might be worth sending a PM to Ollie (mr_docfish) and see what he recommends for eye treatment

Is he eating? have any of his habits/behaviour changed radically?

[fishking123]

well he is the same like he was before all this.. he is the dom male and he is very shy.. but he stays in his pvc pipe cave..