ID please?? Not sure what this is

[justinl]

Originally Posted by seanoman

Hey Lance,

are there any other side effects from cyanide that I could look out for. I have done some research and can't seem to find any info about it, other than it happens a lot in the Phillipines and Indonesia.

death is a common one within a few weeks.

anyways, a puffy hazed eye is a symptom to me. it could be the onset of popeye (which is usually much more pronounced), or a bacterial or fungal infection, or a host of other nasties. if the fish is eating well (is it?) and swimming normally i would not medicate or intervene at all except to make sure it gets a lot of food. look for parasites and keep a close eye on the gal.

[seanoman]

so far she is eating really well. I will make sure that I give her a little extra for the next couple of days and see how that goes. Hopefully it's not cyanide and something that is easier to treat.

[seanoman]

if it is eye fluke, what is the treatment method?
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[WhoPoopWrasse]

Praziquantel in a QT.
Look at the surface of the eye, with eye flukes there is a raised flat semi transparent animal actually sitting on the eye ball. with a bacterial infection the eye tends to be cloudy all over, swollen and may be reddened around the edges of the socket.
If it is eye flukes, sometimes it goes away by itself but that sort of risky since the fish could lose it's eye...