Blinded fish - how to help it heal?

mango · 12-17-2006, 07:05 PM

My stupid yellow-tailed blue damselfish got his right eye scarred up. He's eating (although a little bit subdued and not his usual obnoxious self) and has nothing wrong with his left eye. The lens of the right eye is scratched and milky. There was nothing wrong with his eye this morning, and nothing on his scales, so I don't think it's an infection. I think the dumb fish just scratched his eyeball up somehow.

Is there anything I can do to help the fish relax and heal? I don't think his sight is going to be coming back in that eye, but I'd like to know if there are any steps I can take to prevent infection. The tank is a 20 gallon with shrimp, hermit crabs, and anemones, and I don't want to kill them off with some kind of water additive. The damsel is the only fish in the tank at the moment.

CollegeReefer · 12-17-2006, 11:29 PM

I would put it in your QT if you can catch him. There you can make sure it isn't an infection and also allow him to heal without others bugging him.

**Fishfirst** · 12-18-2006, 02:20 PM

yep, Quarentine and then melafix him!

12-17-2006, 07:05 PM	#1
mango Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	Blinded fish - how to help it heal? My stupid yellow-tailed blue damselfish got his right eye scarred up. He's eating (although a little bit subdued and not his usual obnoxious self) and has nothing wrong with his left eye. The lens of the right eye is scratched and milky. There was nothing wrong with his eye this morning, and nothing on his scales, so I don't think it's an infection. I think the dumb fish just scratched his eyeball up somehow. Is there anything I can do to help the fish relax and heal? I don't think his sight is going to be coming back in that eye, but I'd like to know if there are any steps I can take to prevent infection. The tank is a 20 gallon with shrimp, hermit crabs, and anemones, and I don't want to kill them off with some kind of water additive. The damsel is the only fish in the tank at the moment.

12-17-2006, 11:29 PM	#2
CollegeReefer Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Stevens Pont, Wisconsin Age: 23 Posts: 391	I would put it in your QT if you can catch him. There you can make sure it isn't an infection and also allow him to heal without others bugging him. __________________ CollegeReefer

12-18-2006, 02:20 PM	#3
Fishfirst Fish Guru Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern Wisconsin Age: 24 Posts: 3,650 Blog Entries: 5	yep, Quarentine and then melafix him! __________________ 210 Gal Reef w/ 55 Gallon Sump/Fuge, 125 Gal Fish Only, 65 Gal Seahorse-29 Gallon Sump, 55 Gal FOWLR, 54 Gal Corner FW Community, 20 Gal Nano FOWLR, 55 Gal Piranha, 29 gallon QT "All the yellow tangs and clownfish in the world can't save you now! hahahah" Peter from Family Guy

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