Cloudy fish eyes/Cataracts

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Hey, does anyone know how to fix/prevent fish from getting cloudy eyes?
My 4" archer fish has it and i feel sorry for the poor thing, he is perfect looking except for his eyes, he was a beautiful fish.

If anyone can help i would be so happy!
Cheers all!
 
Cataracts can have several causes but most of them are very rare in fish tanks, the most commonly found cause found in tanks is a chronic fungal infection of the eyes, it is most often brought on by long term exposure to low levels of ammonia or nitrite, some times by other irritants such as zinc, it can also occur after scratches on the eye, drying or accidentally introducing large ammounts of the fungus by using spoiled fish foods.
Eye Fungex by Aquatronics is designed specificly to target it but any good fungicide will help. If the eye is scarred some damage might remain after the disease is cured. Some bacterial infection also target the eyes but they are less common, an antibiotic based food helps for those. Make sure you maintain ammonia and nitrite levels as close to zero as possible. After treatment use a product like amquelplus or stresscoat to strengthen the slime coat. Hope this helps.
 
is it possible that, it can just go away after couple months?
my 14 inches Clown knife had it, and now he came back to normal?!
 
Some fish species that need acidic water can be prone to cloudy eyes if kept in alkaline water,but this is only cosmetic and should always be monitored to make sure there is no further deterioration or change.
 
NjOyRiD said:
is it possible that, it can just go away after couple months?
my 14 inches Clown knife had it, and now he came back to normal?!
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As Clare said there are other cuases than just fungus, cloudy eyes caused by wrong ph or by ammonia/nitrites can clear up when those problems are resolved, the fungal and bacterial infections can also clear if the fish is healthy and well kept but should be treated anyway because the longer the infection persist the more damage gets done.
 
Oh ok, thanks!
I will check the water today and see what the problem is.
And i have some "fungus-ade" already so i will give that a go, cheers!
 
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