funkyfish Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 My daughter has a small 26 ltr tank with a siamese fighter, 5 neons, and one peppered catfish that now has only one eye. Complete empty eye socket left, anyone have any idea what may have happened to it???? This has happended over night, did the fish have a fight :evil: ??? He is still happy and swimming aroung looking for food as before. Will I have to keep an eye on him for infection? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 i think you might find it was one of the neons as they r nippy fish! Cheers LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suemack Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Never had a problem with my neons funkyfish and they're in with guppies (they don't even seem to eat many of the new fry) Bettas can be unpredictable and aggressive to other fish in their tank......they all have different personalities. Does the cory have somewhere to shelter in the tank i.e a cave, pipe, somewhere the betta can't see him/get him cornered. Fish are fine with one eye though your little cory is not going to be able to protect himself and will be more vulnerable now, especially on the blindside. Watch the fish and see if you can see who is chasing whom......long term you may need to separate the chaser out into a different tank. I don't medicate unless I need to .....if the eye socket looks ok I'd be checking him daily, making sure the water quality was good, providing loads of places for him to hang out (extra plants/ornaments) and feeding high quality diet (adding live/frozen foods to his normal diet) Good luck with the cory and let us know how you get on sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyfish Posted September 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 Yes there is a bell/cave but the fighter sleeps in there. Maybe we should put something else in for the cat. The eye socket looks clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 did you notice any unusual swelling of the eye before it disappeared. Sometimes fish can get a tumor like growth behind the eye(like a cyst) and they can swell untill they burst, popping the eye out and releasing the cyst bugs(spores?) into the water and possibly affecting other fish. Personaly I would be treating anyway to stop this occurring to other fish if it was the case JMHO B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fins Posted September 26, 2004 Report Share Posted September 26, 2004 My badis badis got eaten alive by my red devil fry when he got a little scratch. So dont go introducing any red devils to the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke* Posted September 30, 2004 Report Share Posted September 30, 2004 Sounds like Jurassic Park when those little dinos eat that guy alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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