Eye spot
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Red Samurai
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Hi Gerry, could this be the start of cloudy eye? I had this happen to my very first arowana and I wasnt sure if it was a bacteria problem or low ph. It started out very small then progressed into both eyes being so milky. I was told at the time to use melafix which some people will say is just snake oil but it worked for me...I would use this with caution. I would certainly just do bi-weekly water changes and salt first and see if that works before trying anything else. Both my aros eyes cleared up after couple months. Good luck and keep us udated!
Randy
Randy
Hey Randy, how's it going? Thanks for the reply.
I doubt very much it's the start of cloudy eye but who knows. I guess only time will tell. My water changes are 50% weekly and he eats shrimp, sw and hikari aro sticks. PH is pretty steady at 7.4. Temp is about 80F. I don't use carbon on this tank either.
I'll have to keep an eye out to see if it expands or grows.......Hopefully it will just go away on it's own.
I doubt very much it's the start of cloudy eye but who knows. I guess only time will tell. My water changes are 50% weekly and he eats shrimp, sw and hikari aro sticks. PH is pretty steady at 7.4. Temp is about 80F. I don't use carbon on this tank either.
I'll have to keep an eye out to see if it expands or grows.......Hopefully it will just go away on it's own.
I thought about cataracts, but if it's anything like in the human eye, they are not so visible at such a small size.
Weird. Same spot on both eyes.
h.l_nathan
New Member
check the ammonia. it looks like your aro scratch it eye on the glass or something from ammonia burn
Ammonia is 0. It's hard to tell but the dot is not on the surface of the eye. I'll try to get a close up pic.
m_class2g
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found a white dot thread on arofanatics.com
http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=422146
for those that dont have an account:
"Regarding this white dot in the eye, I was ever told by a Vet it's due to catarracts. However, this could be one of the reasons for the white dot.
I was also told that this may be genetic for some fishes, as to whether it is a health problem I am really not sure now. If it occurs in all the fishes in a farm and there is no problem of blindness in the fish, then this theory that all white dots are signs of catarracts may not be entirely accurate."
"It is commonly called "crystal or diamond eyes".To me,it is a defect as i was told by senior sifus that it is akin to cataracts in human.Higher chance of going blind!!Hope this helps!!"
http://www.arofanatics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=422146
for those that dont have an account:
"Regarding this white dot in the eye, I was ever told by a Vet it's due to catarracts. However, this could be one of the reasons for the white dot.
I was also told that this may be genetic for some fishes, as to whether it is a health problem I am really not sure now. If it occurs in all the fishes in a farm and there is no problem of blindness in the fish, then this theory that all white dots are signs of catarracts may not be entirely accurate."
"It is commonly called "crystal or diamond eyes".To me,it is a defect as i was told by senior sifus that it is akin to cataracts in human.Higher chance of going blind!!Hope this helps!!"
Pics from today.
First pic shows the eye under normal lighting. (It actually looks like the dots are getting smaller if you compare the first pic to my last ones.)
The second and third pics have been brightened considerably.
The dots are not on the flat part of the eye. The dot appears to be on the lens.
First pic shows the eye under normal lighting. (It actually looks like the dots are getting smaller if you compare the first pic to my last ones.)
The second and third pics have been brightened considerably.
The dots are not on the flat part of the eye. The dot appears to be on the lens.
m_class2g
Sponsor
i wonder what causes this? ive tried reading through some arofanatics thread but all i can dig up is that its a cataract. some claim that will it worsen with age but some claim that it doesnt affect the aro at all. i guess bottom line is that its a defect that is rarely seen in aro industry. i hope someone out there can pinpoint the source of such a disorder.