WHY DO FISH GET GLAZED EYES ??

Hello everyone:

Every now and again, I see a fish (for example a Bala shark or
Gourami) with glazed eyes either in a pet store or in my own tank.

This happened to me one time ... I purchased this Bala shark however
after a week, developed glazed eyes and eventually died even though
the water quality was well within acceptable limits.

Does anyone know HOW this comes to pass? Is this caused by a parasite
or something? What about cures .... is there a way to cure this
infliction??

I'm not sure if this little bit of information helps but I picked out
this Bala amongst hundreds in a tank ... and in this tank, perhaps 4
or 5 of them already had glazed eyes.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks All !!

Jim.

Brain flukes?
"Jim" wrote in message
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Hello everyone:

Every now and again, I see a fish (for example a Bala shark or
Gourami) with glazed eyes either in a pet store or in my own tank.

This happened to me one time ... I purchased this Bala shark however
after a week, developed glazed eyes and eventually died even though
the water quality was well within acceptable limits.

Does anyone know HOW this comes to pass? Is this caused by a parasite
or something? What about cures .... is there a way to cure this
infliction??

I'm not sure if this little bit of information helps but I picked out
this Bala amongst hundreds in a tank ... and in this tank, perhaps 4
or 5 of them already had glazed eyes.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks All !!

Jim.

"Starfish" wrote in message
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Brain flukes?

Bacteria?

Oz

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"Jim" wrote in message
om...
Hello everyone:

Every now and again, I see a fish (for example a Bala shark or
Gourami) with glazed eyes either in a pet store or in my own tank.

This happened to me one time ... I purchased this Bala shark however
after a week, developed glazed eyes and eventually died even though
the water quality was well within acceptable limits.

Does anyone know HOW this comes to pass? Is this caused by a parasite
or something? What about cures .... is there a way to cure this
infliction??

I'm not sure if this little bit of information helps but I picked out
this Bala amongst hundreds in a tank ... and in this tank, perhaps 4
or 5 of them already had glazed eyes.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks All !!

Jim.

It is bacteria and there is medicines for it.. check your LFS! The bottles
have pictures of the problems you can just match the bottle of med up with
the problem your fish has.

Corneal Opacity is the "Glazed Eyes" you're referring to. Usually it is
caused by either poor water quality or bacterial infection. I have
successfully treated this by adding a small dose of aquarium salt to the
water. I'm using 1 Tbsp per 5 gallons in a planted tank.

Corydoras catfish can't handle salt so don't go over that figure if you've
got a planted tank.

Just remembered a few guidelines to that treatment.

Salt doesn't evaporate, so don't add more salt unless you do a water change.
And you shouldn't add the same dose during a water change. Just a tiny
bit. Make SURE it's aquarium salt or "natural sea salt" not table salt.

I usually also do a maintenance dose of salt twice a year for good measure
as a tonic.




"Dr4g0nf1y" wrote in message
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Corneal Opacity is the "Glazed Eyes" you're referring to. Usually it is
caused by either poor water quality or bacterial infection. I have
successfully treated this by adding a small dose of aquarium salt to the
water. I'm using 1 Tbsp per 5 gallons in a planted tank.

Corydoras catfish can't handle salt so don't go over that figure if you've
got a planted tank.

Dr4g0nf1y wrote:
Corneal Opacity is the "Glazed Eyes" you're referring to. Usually it is
caused by either poor water quality or bacterial infection. I have
successfully treated this by adding a small dose of aquarium salt to the
water. I'm using 1 Tbsp per 5 gallons in a planted tank.

Corydoras catfish can't handle salt so don't go over that figure if you've
got a planted tank.


My cories handled 1 tsp/gallon salt just fine. As did every single cory
that came through the fish store where I worked.

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