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Originally Posted by Daniel475
so i noticed it today looks pretty gross and bad ... i did a 15 percent water change and i am treating with melafix? just started today removed carbon etc.. anything else i can do to speed this up? and should his eye be ok? how soon does it take pop eye to develop? im sure it wasnt there a few days ago? also was wondering what kind of cleaning tricks you guys use to sanitize your sinks etc when u clean your filters and stuff in them ! thanks
dan
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I have cichlids, and have encountered this twice in the last few years. one didnt make it, the other did. Pop eye, or cloudy eye is usually fungal or bacterial in my experience, from a cut or small opening in the fishes eye lense. If your water hasn't been cleaned or it happens near the time when you change your water odds are there is some bacteria or waste, that helped get an infection started in there, melafix is a great product, but $$ I would recommend putting him in a smaller QT tank for a few weeks, I treated my one cichlid with 3 bottles, before it cleared up. Sometimes it take a while, try also soaking his food in it for at least 15 minutes to ensure ingestion. as for cleaning the sinks, I just use comet. lol and scolding hot water!