Strange eye parasite?

Zanekiller · 12-16-2007, 01:07 PM

I just got a niger trigger fish ive had him a week now and i love him but theres a strange white spot on his eye

**Scuba Kid** · 12-16-2007, 01:25 PM

Do you have a pic or at least more description? What kind of spot? How big? Is it sort of blurry?

What are you water parameters? How long has the tank been set up? What else is in the tank?

Could be an infection of some sort, but you're not giving us much to go on.

Zanekiller · 12-16-2007, 03:35 PM

Well i dont have any pictures he wont come out of his hole but the tank has been set up for 2 month hes in a 58 gallon with 2 yellow-tail damsels a snowflake eel and a lawnmower blennie. the spot is about the size of a tic.

**Scuba Kid** · 12-16-2007, 03:38 PM

If it is cloudy, it sounds more like an infection due to injury like a scrape. What are the water parameters?

Zanekiller · 12-16-2007, 03:43 PM

the waters 78 degrees the ph is 8.2 the silinitiy is 10.23 i just did a water test and everything seems to be fine

**Scuba Kid** · 12-16-2007, 05:57 PM

"Everything seems fine" doesn't tell me much. What are the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate parameters? Also, what is your filtration on this tank?

10.23 ppt is your salinity? So a specific gravity of 1.008? That incredibly low...more like low end brackish water...
I hope you mean a specific gravity of 1.023.

Zanekiller · 12-16-2007, 06:56 PM

oops yeah sorry 1.023

Zanekiller · 12-16-2007, 06:57 PM

I was looking online i did find a infection that causes a white spec so im gonna buy some medication and try that

**Scuba Kid** · 12-16-2007, 07:02 PM

No. Don't go buying medication and putting it into the tank until you know for sure what the problem is. If you're worried, I would set up a separate quarantine tank and keep an eye on the trigger's condition while you figure out what is really wrong with it.

flamingo · 12-16-2007, 07:08 PM

if your fish has an eye infection, especially in saltwater, the best thing you can do is to just leave it alone. Period. If it starts to spread in more than a few hours, then you need to start a course of medications in a seperate tank. I have a hippo tang (that routinely gets infections and eye problems due to living in a large piece of dead coral) and it tends to last only a few days at the most.

Zanekiller · 12-16-2007, 07:21 PM

k do you think theres a chance of it spreading?

flamingo · 12-16-2007, 07:24 PM

There's always a chance. If it starts to encase the eye completely, turning white like a cataract, then it should be dealt with. A small film, otherwise, is common and not something to worry too much about...

Zanekiller · 12-16-2007, 07:28 PM

Thanks for the info!

12-16-2007, 01:07 PM	#1
Zanekiller Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12 User Feedback: (0)	Strange eye parasite? I just got a niger trigger fish ive had him a week now and i love him but theres a strange white spot on his eye

12-16-2007, 01:25 PM	#2
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,913 User Feedback: (1)	Do you have a pic or at least more description? What kind of spot? How big? Is it sort of blurry? What are you water parameters? How long has the tank been set up? What else is in the tank? Could be an infection of some sort, but you're not giving us much to go on. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

12-16-2007, 03:38 PM	#4
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,913 User Feedback: (1)	If it is cloudy, it sounds more like an infection due to injury like a scrape. What are the water parameters? __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks Last edited by Scuba Kid; 12-16-2007 at 03:40 PM.

12-16-2007, 05:57 PM	#6
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,913 User Feedback: (1)	"Everything seems fine" doesn't tell me much. What are the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate parameters? Also, what is your filtration on this tank? 10.23 ppt is your salinity? So a specific gravity of 1.008? That incredibly low...more like low end brackish water... I hope you mean a specific gravity of 1.023. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

12-16-2007, 07:02 PM	#9
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 3,913 User Feedback: (1)	No. Don't go buying medication and putting it into the tank until you know for sure what the problem is. If you're worried, I would set up a separate quarantine tank and keep an eye on the trigger's condition while you figure out what is really wrong with it. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

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12-16-2007, 03:35 PM	#3
Zanekiller Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12 User Feedback: (0)	Well i dont have any pictures he wont come out of his hole but the tank has been set up for 2 month hes in a 58 gallon with 2 yellow-tail damsels a snowflake eel and a lawnmower blennie. the spot is about the size of a tic.

12-16-2007, 03:43 PM	#5
Zanekiller Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12 User Feedback: (0)	the waters 78 degrees the ph is 8.2 the silinitiy is 10.23 i just did a water test and everything seems to be fine

12-16-2007, 06:56 PM	#7
Zanekiller Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12 User Feedback: (0)	oops yeah sorry 1.023

12-16-2007, 06:57 PM	#8
Zanekiller Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12 User Feedback: (0)	I was looking online i did find a infection that causes a white spec so im gonna buy some medication and try that

12-16-2007, 07:08 PM	#10
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 16 Posts: 1,895 User Feedback: (2)	if your fish has an eye infection, especially in saltwater, the best thing you can do is to just leave it alone. Period. If it starts to spread in more than a few hours, then you need to start a course of medications in a seperate tank. I have a hippo tang (that routinely gets infections and eye problems due to living in a large piece of dead coral) and it tends to last only a few days at the most. __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

12-16-2007, 07:21 PM	#11
Zanekiller Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12 User Feedback: (0)	k do you think theres a chance of it spreading?

12-16-2007, 07:24 PM	#12
flamingo One Word: Croutons. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Wisconsin Age: 16 Posts: 1,895 User Feedback: (2)	There's always a chance. If it starts to encase the eye completely, turning white like a cataract, then it should be dealt with. A small film, otherwise, is common and not something to worry too much about... __________________ If you put "u" instead of typing out the actual, shocking, three letter word... i'm not going to read your ramblings. I'm so behind it's not even funny.

12-16-2007, 07:28 PM	#13
Zanekiller Fishy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 12 User Feedback: (0)	Thanks for the info!

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