dead eye

[Triggreef]

Not really sure what happened, but I put a yellow/purple wrasse through qt and noticed late in the end game (during my tank transfer method, so he is now in the main tank as I do ttm last) one of his eyes was messed up, not cloudy. At first I thought the eyeball was gone but it looks like its still there and he can even move it. Where the pupil would be, it is white/silver instead of black. It's actually inside the eyeball like the pupil. No swelling or anything. The other eye is normal. Doesn't seem to bother him, I'm not too worried about it but I'm hoping it will heal or stay the same rather than just a loss of the eyeball.

I don't think its any kind of infection, although maybe it is the result of a previous infection?

It's kind of odd I guess I'll have to try to get a pic.

@melypr1985 and @Humblefish

 

[melypr1985]

yup I wanna see a picture for sure. Sounds like he's lost sight in that eye...... we could speculate that it's the result of a previous infection- the infection probably the result of an injury. I'm wondering if it was like that before and you just didn't notice it until now? It's all speculation at this point of course.... just thinking out loud- sort of lol

 

[Triggreef]

yup I wanna see a picture for sure. Sounds like he's lost sight in that eye...... we could speculate that it's the result of a previous infection- the infection probably the result of an injury. I'm wondering if it was like that before and you just didn't notice it until now? It's all speculation at this point of course.... just thinking out loud- sort of lol

Hasn't really changed all week. Here are some pics of the good eye, and the bad eye. The pics actually look worse than in reality. Usually thats the other way around.

 

[melypr1985]

Wow.. Those are some great pictures. That looks a like a coris wrasse. I've seen two types of yellow coris wrasses, one that's all yellow with the black dots and one like yours with the white belly. Not that that matters much right now. His iris looks like it's jacked up. Maybe an injury or maybe a birth defect. @Humblefish what do you think of this eye?

 

[cmcoker]

Reminds me of a proptosed eye in a dog... That's when the eyeball has popped out of the socket, generally from some type of trauma.
The optic nerve is usually damaged/disconnected, so blindness is usual. In dogs, they will suture the eyelids closed to keep the eyeball back in and allow the muscles to heal. Sometimes the have a lazy eye after where it drifts left or right...

 

[Triggreef]

yup this is Halichoeres leucoxanthus commonly called yellow and purple. The more common yellow coris is Halichoeres Chrysus.

 

[Triggreef]

Reminds me of a proptosed eye in a dog... That's when the eyeball has popped out of the socket, generally from some type of traume

Thats why I thought this is strange actually. At first I thought the eye was gone as in out of the socket. But it is actually still there and he can move it around. Almost like its cataract or whatever.

 

[Humblefish]

It does look exactly like a cataract forming. Not much you can do about that (for a fish). You could try treating with antibiotics in a QT and hope it's actually a treatable infection. Erythromycin/minocycline combo is what I would use, or Kanaplex.

 

[cmcoker]

On some of my fish, when they are head on, I can see the layers of the eye, kinda like this pic. The "outer bubble" is visible if the fish is in the right position and still enough. Maybe too much to ask for with a wrasse, but do the outer layers, left vs right, look the same on your fish?

I wonder if an outer layer could have ruptured.. Cause in your second pic the edge of the eye is not a smooth circle, it appears jagged..

Link for the pic. http://slickzine.com/nature/close-up-with-nature-amazing-animal-eyes/1347628718000/

 

[cmcoker]

After putting your pics side by side, I'm more convinced this eye is popped... Even if he can move it. I believe there is damage to the anatomical structure of/around the eye