CAN NE1 TELL ME WHAT TO DO IF MY SARATOGA IS BLIND???????!!!

[Arowana_Man]

i just got home and it was blind  8O and seems like the scales came off abit!!!!

[Cory Fan]

:o what other fish do u have in the tank??

[wrk21]

a few things come to mind , like get him a seeing eye dog or a white cane, but seriously are you sure he is blind??
are you saying/thinkin this cause he has a cloudish dot in his eyes??
this does not always mean that he's blind!!
i dont know what your water is like but give the tank he's in a good water change.cut back on the feeds and chuck in a hand full or rocksalt.

in a week it should start to disapear.


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[Arowana_Man]

well i chuked a prwan from the river i caught in it :s yeh my tank is fresh water, as soon as i came home i did a hlaf water change and put the algae liquid thing, why would i put rocksalt?

[nemo1981]

rock salt is a bit of a cure all.
alot of the time it's more effective than bottled cures.

[wrk21]

ok been reading up on it and by the sounds of it, it may be bacterial infection.
in my bible it says that you should quarantine the fish and treat with methylene blue at the rate of 3ml per litre of water for 5 days.
 a little salt in the water of all fish wont hurt them and prevention is better than cure.


hth

[Arowana_Man]

thanks heaps dude  :D

[wrk21]

NP.

[Neptunes Nursery]

[quote:9ebdef2e10]well i chuked a prwan from the river i caught in it :s yeh my tank is fresh water, [/quote:9ebdef2e10]

Be careful of introducing things from the wild as you dont know what sort of bug they may have.
If it is cloudy eye melafix is a good med to use rather then methblue. Wont affect your bio bacteria as much.....
Good luck