plecs Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 one of my pepper corydoras has no eyes! Assume one of my more aggressive fish took a liking to them. They are healed over so must have been some time ago, and i guess i am naughty for not noticing. Do you think he will be ok? he is swimming round ok, and as it is healed i assume he will be ok, as long as he can find food. anyone got any experience on this?? thanks, plecs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 He's obviously been ok long enough for them to heal. Pretty good bet he'll stay ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighter Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 He'll be able to make sure of his whistles to find and sense food, dont worry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plecs Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 thanks guys, thought he would be ok, just wanted to check others agreed. poor thing eh! hope the eye eater doesnt get a taste for it and do it to the others! think it was either the black ghost knife fish or the rainbow shark. thanks guys plecs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Might not have been a fish eating his eyes. Sometimes fish get really bad cases of popeye that essentially blow their eyeballs out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 To lighten it up... what do you call a fish with no eyes? A: A fsh :lol: It should be fine plecs. Keep an eye on it though to make sure it gets its fair share of food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plecs Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 i had thought of pop eye, or something simular, but would have noticed the buldging eye. Is funny though that he has no eyes and none of my others have even one eye missing. Is there anything it could have been that wouldnt have been so obvious to see happening?? thanks again guys, good to know you are all here to ask these things too! plecs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 That's why I'm thinking more of a disease than just him having BOTH eyes eaten. If you didn't notice them missing, are you sure you'd have noticed them bulging? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plecs Posted January 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 ira, i would think they would bulge quite well before they popped out! vecause of the pepper colouration the eyes look like a pepper spot, so it isnt very obvious unless you look quite close. I regulaly check my fish and am sure that i would have noticed buldging eyes. Unless it happened very quickly one day while i was at work. who knows though, maybe i am a slack fish keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_au Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 Cories have lousey eye sight at the best of times. The never see food cvomming and only go into a mad feed mode when they smell/sence the food near. Then they just zoom around until they bump into something tastey. Definately not sight feeders. so he prolly not in the least handicapped. Alan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 2, 2005 Report Share Posted January 2, 2005 It would have been easy to miss plecs if you have a well planted tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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