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weiwencheng
Mon, 17th Sep 2007, 03:39 PM
I recently purchased a new Rabbitfish. I didn't notice the cloudy eyes when I purchased it. It seems to see fine, darting after food and such. I was wondering if there was anything specific that it needed to help clear up the cloudiness, besides the usual diet.
tattoosmitty
Mon, 17th Sep 2007, 04:50 PM
same goes for me and my rabbitfish, other then using melafix...
Ross
Tue, 18th Sep 2007, 09:18 AM
Just keep a healthy and varied diet. Which is really the key for good health overall. You can also try garlie juice to the food, it is supposed to help boost their immune system.
cpreefguy
Tue, 18th Sep 2007, 09:46 AM
Just keep a healthy and varied diet. Which is really the key for good health overall. You can also try garlie juice to the food, it is supposed to help boost their immune system.
Good advice. Nice to see you posting buddy! :bigsmile:
Jeff
Tue, 18th Sep 2007, 10:28 AM
most rabbit fish i see have cloudy eyes including mine.
erikharrison
Tue, 18th Sep 2007, 11:14 AM
To Follow up with what Ross said, I found the following on Wet Web Media:

Foxface
Is my fox face sick, he seams to eat well and swims ok, but scared and puts up his defense with his fins. At times his eyes seem cloudy. My tank is a reef tank, We have him mixed with 1 yellow tang 2 clown fish 1 blenny scooter 8 gobies 1 cleaner wrasse, and our tank been up for about 5 months and all the other fish seam to be fine and I have them in a 90 gallon tank.
<Nora, I believe the fox face flares up due to the yellow tang that is present. Nothing to worry about. As for occasional cloudy eyes, this could be diet. Fox faces do like algae. Have you tried feeding it the freeze dried algae? Also add some vitamins to all the fishes diet such as Selcon or similar. They will all benefit. Do you perform water changes on a regular basis? James (Salty Dog)>
MissT
Tue, 18th Sep 2007, 01:31 PM
Another possibility is he could have gotten "eye burn" from ammonia in the bag on the way home. That might explain why he didn't have it in the store, but developed it on the way home. If that is what's wrong it usually clears up within a week or so. Ditto on the garlic, because it not only seems to boost their immune systems but also encourages the fish to eat in its new home.