My Lionfish has milky eyes all of the sudden!

[Matt110]

The Peacock Lion's eyes are a little cloudy and my Powder Blue Tang seems to be breathing a little quick and is hanging out at the back of the tank.

I just noticed this at lunch and did a 20 gal water change. They all were fine last night and my Picasso Trigger and Honeycombe Eel seem fine. It is fish only with live rock, been up for about a year, and I run a Fluval 403 canister. I have never had this problem before and I tested 2 days ago and all was good.

What is the problem?

[hobogato]

test for nitrites and ammonia.

[C.Mydas]

Yep, cloudy eye in lions is usually caused by a bacteria and deteriorating water conditions. Water changes are your best bet.

[ansonluna]

My Fuzzy got cloudy eyes and it was recommended that I do some good water changes and it worked. I wouldn't expect a change within hours. Just make sure your water is good and give it several days....he'll be ok.

[Reef69]

Yeah, I agree..waterchange, i can even say it will be gone by tomorrow..

[Matt110]

Yeah, I agree..waterchange, i can even say it will be gone by tomorrow..


All of my fish except for the Eel are dead! Lion, Tang, Trigger, and the Damsel all dead in a matter of three days. I did numerous water changes and had my water tested three times by the fish store all readings were good. Apparently they had some type of gill disease, that I have no clue how they got, and it wiped them out! I think this experience finally broke my spirit and the hobby I loved so is now going to be the hobby I used to love so.

[pilot_bell777]

Did you quarantine?

[Matt110]

Did you quarantine?

Yes I pulled the Lion out and he just kept getting worse, so I then began to treat him with Meds but he died and they others were dead this morning, it happend so fast :(

[pilot_bell777]

No....I'm asking if you QTed before you added them to the tank, anything newly added (anything?), how long as the tank been setup?

[Matt110]

No....I'm asking if you QTed before you added them to the tank, anything newly added (anything?), how long as the tank been setup?

No I didnt qt when I added them, but the last ones I added were the Tang and Trigger a month ago and all was well before this week.

What do you think?

[pilot_bell777]

Some parasites and infections can lay dormit for a while.....probably came in on one of those.

[ansonluna]

What size is your tank?

You may know this, but your not supposed to medicate lionfish since they don't have a slime coat. I had a lot of fish die initially. You have to go slow when added fish to a tank that is not well established...sorry for you losses.

[Matt110]

What size is your tank?

You may know this, but your not supposed to medicate lionfish since they don't have a slime coat. I had a lot of fish die initially. You have to go slow when added fish to a tank that is not well established...sorry for you losses.

Tank is 110g and has been up and running for 10 months with no probs. I didnt know you were not supposed to medicate fish, the fish lady told me to go ahead, ****.

What should I do now if I want to continue the tank?

[alton]

When you did your water change did you de-chlorinate your water? I had this problem twice so I contacted Kent Engineering. RO filters typically remove 2 ppm of chlorine, my local rural water district had over dosed my water with 4 ppm of chlorine. Now I use 2 stage charcoal filters and I still add chlorine/chloramine drops to make sure. Chlorine and Choramines or using a new garden water hose will kill your fish quickly. Don't quit! Let your tank go for a while, do a major water change maybe add some more live rock change it up but don't quit!

[Matt110]

I use Aquasafe everytime I do a water change, and my water here is pretty good right out of the tap, but I do treat it just in case.

I just dont know why it all heppend so quick. I think the Powder Blue brought the gill disease in to the tank, cause he was the first to go followed by the rest. :(

[pilot_bell777]

What size is your tank?

You may know this, but your not supposed to medicate lionfish since they don't have a slime coat. I had a lot of fish die initially. You have to go slow when added fish to a tank that is not well established...sorry for you losses.

Tank is 110g and has been up and running for 10 months with no probs. I didnt know you were not supposed to medicate fish, the fish lady told me to go ahead, ****.

What should I do now if I want to continue the tank?

Not saying don't medicate fish, saying don't medicate Lion Fish. there are certain fish that can and can not handle certain types of medications. Like you eel for instance, will not make it if you use cooper or even if there is cooper residue in the tank at very low levels. A lot of fish can not handle cooper; but you need to research and check before medicating and trusting your LFS and compare it to what you have in the tank.

QT, QT, QT all new fish and protect your display....dang now i sould like Wet Web Media! LOL

Hate to hear about your looses, but don't give up. Every failure teaches you something!